Following our look at the Mills Violano Virtuoso†• a self-playing violin invented in the early 1900s †• engineer Seth Goldstein has invented the Ro-Bow, which moves bow, violin and mechanical fingers via electromagnetic technology.
Read about the Campanula†• featuring four playing and twelve sympathetic strings †• and watch video of the instrument being performed.
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The violinist performs a work from his new album The Bow and The Brush, which features compositions all inspired by paintings and sculptures
The auction house’s head photographer gives details on his camera set-up, lighting, studio layout and the different requirements of front, side, back and scroll shots
Bow makers Victor Bernard and Emmanuel Carlier were named ‘hors concours’ members, while Canadian luthier Fabienne Gauchet received a double gold for quartet - for the second time
The Sarabande from Bach’s Cello Suite no.6 is the latest single to be released from the cellist’s upcoming album
Bernsted performs a solo work that she describes as having ‘complexity like a kaleidoscope’
Check out a string chamber version of Vaughan Williams’s beloved work for violin
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