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Musical instruments that nearly disappeared from history

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and the passage of time. While some vanished completely, others survived by the ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Violins of Hope: Instruments rescued from Holocaust keeping Jewish musicians' stories alive

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Violins of Hope is a collection of 70 restored string instruments that were played by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust. They've traveled the world, and next month ...
CBS News

Rare collection of string instruments from Holocaust on display in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A rare and significant collection of string instruments from the Holocaust can be seen in Pittsburgh now through November 21 at an exhibit called "Violins of Hope", and the hope ...
insider.si.edu

A check-list of the bowed string musical instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments / Bernard Emery

https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!196514~!0#focus ...
PBS

Setting a new bar for the price of musical instruments

No musical instrument has sold for $45 million, but Sotheby’s announced today that they are starting off the sealed bidding this spring for the “Macdonald” viola by Antonio Stradivari at that price.
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Northeast Woman: Marywood string professor fine tunes musical skills of all ages

Music allows Sophie Till to reach across continents. She teaches musicians of all skill levels from all different parts of the world the finer points of string instruments. From Marywood University, ...