University of Texas student Sean Riley needed a violin to play a particular piece of music, but not one with the customary four strings. The piece called for an instrument with six strings. But ...

An electric violin doesn’t just offer a musician a whole new world of sounds and dynamics, it can also be unplugged to allow for silent practicing. The best model is crafted to have the same feel as ...

MOORHEAD – Tanner Otto is leaving for college today. While some students might think about how many pairs of shoes they should bring to school, Otto had to think about which instruments to bring. "I ...

Unbeknownst to Ray Suen, musical director for David Byrne, the Twin Cities was the perfect place to break his beloved five-string violin. Ahead of Byrne's two "Who Is The Sky?" shows in Minneapolis, ...

What do the violin and blues have in common? Geoffrey Castle for one thing. The musician from Washington awes and surprises crowds with his broad musical lexicon and sonic scope; when sawing his ...

At Geoffrey J. Seitz, Violinmaker, the eponymous violin shop in Holly Hills, string instruments crowd every corner. This is no carefully curated showroom. It’s more like a teenager’s bedroom, ...