Searching for the perfect instrument to start music lessons? Here’s your chance — if you can afford it. A 311-year-old, rare ...

Courtesy Sotheby's The instrument’s other namesake ... Alexi Kenney described what it was like to play the 300-year-old violin: “Layer upon layer of complexity exists within the sound ...

Gutierrez said surveillance camera footage showed that the student was practicing with the 331-year-old violin on a couch. She then put the instrument down to study. During that time, Gutierrez ...

From a family knick-knack that turned out to be a valuable French violin, to a rare, five-string baroque cello, these instruments have stories to share.

As an 8-year-old boy in Denmark ... musicians simply preferred a violin that weighed less—allowing for more comfort with the instrument and better performances. Until now, there has been ...