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This instrument, with slender violin shape, bears long exaggerated center bouts. The violin was acquired with the folk violin by Alvin Potter (catalog #66.61); both of these instruments were collected ...

Scientists have created a violin that is smaller than a single strand of human hair, almost the same size as a speck of dust. You cannot play it, but it is still a standing proof of how much ...

Researchers from Loughborough University has utilized the latest in nanotechnology to create the world’s smallest violin. The tiny, violin-shaped object is just 35 micron long and 13 micron wide ...

Next the machine uses a heated, needle-like tip to "write" very precise patterns on the nanoscale - in this case a violin shape - in a process called thermal scanning probe lithography.

After development, a violin-shaped cavity remained, which was then coated with a fine layer of platinum. A final rinse in acetone revealed the finished design.

The violin is a microscopic image rather than a playable instrument and has not been officially confirmed as the world's smallest violin, the university said.