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Vogtland Masters from Germany hand crafted the world's largest playable violin in 2010. Seven times larger than a traditional full-size instrument, the violin's pitch is three octaves lower. Three musicians are required to play the instrument - one to perform the left-hand function, and two to draw the bow.
Watch Vivaldi performed on the world's smallest playable violin.
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The viola, which was made in the last quarter of the 17th century by Johann Adam Pöpel, closes an important collection gap in the museum
Test your violin knowledge with some of the questions from the VSA convention’s Trivia Night on Monday 18 November
The British dendrochronology expert explains his latest research, revealing how wood from one source can appear in centuries-old instruments made thousands of miles apart
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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Oesi and pianist Andrea Vasi perform Bottesini’s Allegro Di Concerto ’Alla Mendelssohn,’ which was released as a single last week
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