Listen to fiddle–and the story of one female who listened to her fiddles and then invented a new family of violins–the violin octet, a new family of eight violins across the tonal range of a piano. Carleen Hutchins–a 20th century American female luthier–took an old idea that had been envisioned by composers, musicians, and luthiers before her–and made it possible by applying science to violinmaking. Listen to her story on NPR Radio Program Science Friday with Ira Flatow. Click on www.sciencefriday.com/violin