Austin Huntington, the Indianapolis Symphony's principal cellist, is now playing Pietro Guarneri of Mantua's only known cello, worth about $5 million.

Short-bearded, blue-jeaned Rajan Krishnaswami is seated on the stage in the empty hall embracing his cello like a lover. Fingers flash along the finger board; his arm draws the bow incisively over the ...

Cellos, in particular, are the few instruments that are considered as investments by many. Their high value of beauty, high-quality sound and instrument are said to be worth millions. In fact, Cello ...

This incredible string instrument looks like it’s carved from ice – but it’s actually made of glass. Cellist Jesse Ahmann was getting fed up of playing his regular cello, so he thought he’d give ...

Nine-year-old David Gerstein decided to pick the cello over other instruments because he and some members of his family weren’t fond of high, squeaky noises. “If I’d picked the violin it would’ve ...

In southern Arizona, Glenn Weyant 'plays' the border fence with a mallet or cello bow to create haunting compositions, using the wall as an instrument of dialogue. SASABE, Ariz. -- On a windy day in ...

While working on her doctoral thesis, cellist Saskia Rao-de Haas remembers chancing on a 1932 letter from Rabindranath Tagore to his granddaughter. There is an instrument, he says, that he prefers ...

The cello, otherwise known as a violoncello, is a bowed instrument with four strings. It's a close cousin of the violin, viola, and double bass. The cello can be played as a solo instrument, as well ...

The cello isn't known for playing folk music, or Newfoundland music. But in the town of Elliston in 1850, the cello gave every wedding and funeral a distinct sound heard nowhere else on the island.

Leonardo da Vinci is highly acclaimed not only as an artist but also as a machine engineer. And a mysterious instrument that combines piano and cello with one of the sketches left in the manuscript ...