From a collection of bows hung on music stand in his living room, Tom Carlson carefully pulls one out, tightening the ribbon of horsehair until taut. Next, he turns to a row of violins sitting ...

Range A violin can play from the G below middle C, known as G3, up to a high E two octaves above its highest string, known as E7. Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes G ...

"Ah but also the tighter the stringis the higher the note it makes." So on this violin if I pluck this string then listen to the sound it makes. So the pitch of a note dependson three different ...

String Theory at the Hunter ... Ballade,” Chris Rogerson’s “Arietta for Violin and Piano,” and César Franck’s “Violin Sonata.” Mr. Beilman has received international praise for ...