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 ...

The finalists for Georgia Tech’s annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition just dropped.

The 28th annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition includes a Fiddle-Henge, a modified bicycle wheel, and a 'Demon Box.' ...

Origins: “My family was musical, and we grew up playing country and bluegrass and folk music, and I was interested in taking apart instruments,” KiLin Reece says about growing up in Bonny Doon, ...

This book addresses core questions about the role of materials in general and of wood in particular in the construction of string instruments used in the modern symphony orchestra - violins, violas, ...

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: ...

India is well known for its rich musical culture and repertoire, but the country's musical heritage extends far beyond sitars ...

Brooklyn, New York-based musical instrument company D’Addario has announced its string-recycling program, Playback, has achieved its latest milestone of 2 million strings recycled. D’Addario says it ...