Ever wanted to play several string instruments at once? Well, now you (kind of) can... An Australian bow-maker has developed a hinged bow, allowing solo violinists to play several strings at once.

OUT in the open, where the air smells of grass and earth and every shot counts, a bow is only as good as the string that drives it. It may look like a simple cord, stretched taut between two limbs, ...

First roughly grinding the body with a file and then finely grinding the burrs with sandpaper, a traditional bow of the Xibe ethnic group is about to be completed as young craftsman Zhao Hu adds the ...