Vermont luthier Jacob Brillhart is volunteering to build a violin this month, as part of an effort to raise money for musicians hit hard by the... Apr 03, 2020 — Vermont luthier Jacob Brillhart is ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The shrill, yet beautiful, soprano song coaxed by a professional musician drawing a bow against a violin's strings, ignited a passion for the instrument in Joseph Mallie. When popular ...

Don’t mind the violins yet. There are other things to look at. A VCR and a stereo and outdated wall calendars. Concert invites dating to the early 2000s. Thank- you notes spanning just as long. An old ...

Ed Bassett has spent a lifetime building beautiful things, so when the now 85-year-old craftsman was searching for a hands-on project seven years ago after his wife died, it’s probably no surprise he ...

JB Violins is tucked into a small building off Alley 38, just south of West Bonita Avenue in Claremont. One might expect its location in Claremont is the result of the arts-friendly college culture of ...

For one whole week at the end of March, from early every morning until late at night, Jacob Brillhart livestreamed himself from his violin-making workshop in Chelsea, Vermont. The videos archived on ...

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - John Hill discovered long ago there was more than one way to make music. After exploring other options, Hill found his calling in making violins and other stringed instruments 17 ...

British scientists have created the world’s smallest violin – inside a human hair. Physicists at Loughborough University used cutting-edge nanotechnology to create the minuscule fiddle. The violin is ...