While that dream may never come to pass, it would be far more likely to happen if many of the instruments could be 3D-printed, like this electric violin. We really like this compact design ...

Is it a violin? You may have seen this peculiar-looking instrument ... A very early example of an electric instrument, Martenot took inspiration from accidental overlaps of tones between military ...

The instrument requires no alteration in the violin itself, and any violin may ... which are actuated by electric vibrators of the type used in call bells. When a hammer vibrates against, a ...

Phil Lesh grew up listening to classical and jazz music. Then he reimagined the electric bass and changed rock history. The ...

His played the double bass violin, better known today as the acoustic bass to differentiate this instrument from the electric (or electronic) bass. His life was cut short in an automobile accident in ...

There's a dapper-looking lad in a nice shirt on stage at the Electric Ballroom, waving a violin about as he nearly ... swelling notes from his unusual instrument of choice. He's also bagged ...

You knew this wasn't any ordinary symphony crowd when the high-pitched sound of chatter easily drowned out the warmups of the bassoons, oboes and violins before it started. It was just as evident when ...

These days it’s not difficult to buy acoustic violins as there are plenty of options easily available online. If you can’t visit a music store you can still find a good acoustic violin online.

Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose electric bass playing came to define the psychedelic San Francisco ...