Violin makers of the future may be able to match the sound quality of a Stradivarius thanks to a pair of fungi that get their nutrition from the wood used to make the instruments. The Swiss ...

Fungi can be used to treat a violin to make it sound like a rare Stradivarius, a study has found. A wood researcher in Switzerland has succeeded in modifying wood for a violin by treating it with ...

A good violin depends not only on the expertise of the violin maker, but also on the quality of the wood that is used. The Swiss wood researcher Professor Francis W. M. R. Schwarze (Empa, Swiss ...

Oh, stock photos. Never change. Violins made by Antonio Stradivari can cost millions of dollars because of their reputation for superior sound. That sound may be due to the wood used, which came from ...

that siccing certain species of fungi on wood intended to be made into violins can result in instruments with superior sound quality, purportedly as lovely as that of a Stradivarius. While we feel ...