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: ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Members of the international ALL FRETS organization visit Louisville for their annual convention, July 17th - 19th. Originally established in Chicago in 1957 as the Fretted ...

Months ago, I gave my parents the thumbs-up to sell my cello, which I haven't picked up in 15 years. It was a gorgeous instrument with a rich soulful sound, a 1930s German cello that my father bought ...

PORT ANGELES — What can artists do with old stringed instruments? How about, what can’t they do? During the Second Weekend Art Event, catch a sneak peak of more than three dozen instruments that have ...

“How come we’ve never heard of this beautiful instrument until now?” This was posted by a first-year college student to my world music course discussion board recently. He voiced what many of his ...

Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in China This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

Guitars have always connected Josh Rieck to the people around him. Surrounded by racks of wood and equipment and musical instruments in various stages of repair, there is evidence of a rich community ...