In 1993, Cal Meineke, a doctor with a talent for playing the violin, set out to solve a perplexing mystery: Why do some stringed instruments produce a heartbreakingly beautiful sound, while other ...

We’ve seen 3D-printed violins before, but they used an electric pickup to amplify the sound of the resonating strings. Using a newly formulated white resin, Formlabs instead 3D-printed an ...

The Hovalin is a 3D printed violin that injects professional musical acoustic quality into a homegrown maker instrument with rockstar beginnings.

It’s still not entirely 3-D printed, though. The design requires both standard violin strings and a wooden bridge to work.

Designed to be as lightweight as possible, the 3D-printed violin was engineered to not only feel great in a musician’s hands, but also to properly resonate while being played.

The violinist Alfredo Campoli (1906-1991) has been all but forgotten in the U.S., but “Alfredo Campoli: The Bel Canto Violin,” a new 21-CD set that comprises all of his classical Decca ...