WW1 centenary: the Wilfred Owen Violin - BBC Radio 4, World at One
Martha Kearney speaks to Steve Burnett, who made a violin in tribute to poet Wilfred Owen. Please visit the original BBC webpage to...
‘Sherlock’ violin finds new home in Edinburgh – BBC News
A violin made from a tree at author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s childhood home has been handed over to a top musical instrument collection....
‘Holmes is where the heart is for Sherlock violin’
After this Friday’s RSNO season finale performance in Edinburgh, featuring Elgar’s Cello Concerto with star soloist Natalie Clein,...
Gig review: Sherlock Meets his Violin, The Scotsman
SHERLOCK MEETS HIS VIOLIN USHER HALL, EDINBURGH HAITI has been somewhat overlooked as volcanic ash, oil spills and coalitions dominate...
‘Sherlock Holmes’ violin created’ – BBC News
A violin made from a tree in the garden of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s childhood home is to be played to mark the 150th anniversary...
‘Violin maker hopes to turn back the clock’, The Scotsman
A SELF-TAUGHT Edinburgh musician is hoping to recapture the vintage sound of 18th-century Italian violins, including the Stradivarius, by...
‘Arthur Conan Doyle tree fashions a violin’ - The Times Newspaper
As a schoolboy, Arthur Conan Doyle would sit in the branches of the sprawling sycamore tree in his garden and dream of the stories he...
‘Another string to the bow of Holmes’s legacy’, ‘The Scotsman’
FOR more than 170 years a sycamore stood in the garden where the young Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired to write his first stories. As a...
‘Sounding Board’ - National Trust For Scotland
A piece of willow from Inveresk Lodge Garden is branching out into the music business. The wood, which was removed from the tree as part...