At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points. Plucked, bowed, or struck, each of an instrument’s strings creates ...
Although their numbers are few, women luthiers are making their mark and providing skilled work in Israel.
The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...
Kruno Kupresanin's house is a stringed instrument lover's delight. The front room is a musical showroom: Rows of violins, cellos, basses and bows hang from the walls. Many are decades, and some ...
• View this story alongside more photos, a slideshow and a video. When Frank Ford and Richard Johnston first met as college students back in the 1960s, introduced by a mutual friend, it was evident ...
When you're in a world-class chamber group like The Calidore String Quartet in Delaware, each instrument carries a colorful ...
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV)— The Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Indiana State School of Music hosted an instrument petting zoo at the Terre Haute Children’s museum. This ...
Stringed instruments make noise from the vibrations of tuned strings, using acoustic or electronic means to amplify those vibrations to the point where they’re loud enough to hear. The strings are ...