Bowed Strings
All Things Strings
Profiles, reviews, news, market updates, discussion forums about bowed instruments, players, and makers. Searchable dealer database.
Bowed Strings
Scientific acoustic descriptions show the physics of bowed string instruments.
Catgut Acoustical Society
Provides information about the application of scientific principles to the construction of instruments in the violin family. Includes journal, research articles, conference schedul…
Erhu, the Chinese two-stringed violin
Erhu music by George Gao, instruction videos, music albums, and general information.
Fiddle and Alternative Strings Forum
Lots of submissions of questions and responses about fiddle playing and styles and dealing with acoustic and electric bowed stringed instruments.
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America
Organization preserving and promoting traditional Norwegian folk music and dance. Membership information, mailing lists, calendar, and FAQ.
How to Buy a Violin
A multi-chapter guide on how to shop for a violin, viola or cello. Discusses dealer and shop practices, instrument authenticity, depreciation and value.
Maestronet Home Page
Online magazine about bowed string instruments. Offers stolen instruments registry, database of instruments for sale, dealers, archives and discussion groups.
Mark Deutsch's Bazantar
Biography of the designer and performer the bazantar, a modified acoustic bass with sympathetic strings. Also, contact information, concert schedule and MP3s.
Reese Williams - Stringed Instruments
Repair and restoration of stringed instruments, sale of bows and instruments. Details and contact information.
String-players.com
Good resource for classical violin, viola, cello and double bass players. CD, DVD, and sheet music reviews. International listings of masterclasses offered, luthiers, players and t…
Stringnet Stringed Instruments
Offers sales of high-end string instruments. Payments by credit card, money order, bank (cashier's) check, personal check, or PayPal.
The Journal of the Violin Society of America
Information, indexes, sample articles, and ordering information for the hard copy print journal.
The Strad Magazine
Monthly print magazine for bowed string players, teachers, students, makers and dealers. Read sample contents, browse for books, CDs and posters. Strings business and education dir…
Violinandviola.co.uk
Contains database of bowed string teachers and performers in the UK, free sheet music downloads, forum and events noticeboard.
violinbridges.co.uk
Online photographic archive of bridges from violin instrument family with weights and measurements of bridges displayed.
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