In his famous treatise on music Musurgia Universalis, philosopher Athanasius Kircher covers a wide variety of topics, theoretical and practical. In the book De Musica Instrumentali, in addition to dealing with giving an explanatory method for composing music of each genre, he shows us precisely how the instruments of each category were made up.

This relic is one of the most valuable treasures in the history of the violin. Along with other relics, this bridge is thought to have belonged to Giuseppe Tartini, and can be dated to around the mid-18th century. This model already has elements of great innovation that can be likened to the characteristics of a modern bridge, such as a lower arch and well-defined toes.

Johann Zoffany was a famous German painter of the 1700s. He painted countless portraits, including numerous musicians. This detail of a painting attributed to this author depicts Friedrick Schwindl's violin. Long believed to be Leopold Mozart, Friedrick Schwindl was a famous and talented Dutch violinist, long employed in the most important European courts in the latter part of the 1700s.