Eugene Fodor Plays Paganini

My former student Justin Cormia recently sent me a link to this video of Eugene Fodor playing the last movement of Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1:

Acoustical Study of Double Bass Bridge Adjusters

I have often had students ask about the effect that bridge adjusters have on the sound of the instrument and what type of material that works best for these adjusters (aluminum, brass, maple, or the like). Here is a comprehensive study of the effects of these...

New ArtsJournal.com redesign

I just saw that ArtsJournal.com is sporting a sleek new look. This home page for a popular network of arts blogs now has a three column layout with some snippets from all the most recent posts, YouTube video embeds, and teasers for some of the “premium...