Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and the passage of time. While some vanished completely, others survived by the ...

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 ...

A new instrument that will play strings, percussion instruments, keyboard instruments by one with digital strings and tap buttons is called "Artiphon INSTRUMENT 1"is. By linking with Apple's ...

Violins of Hope Iowa will host the female-powered string quartet performance by ATLYS at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at the ...

Like most people these days, sound artist Ellen Fullman is sheltering in place. But she has an unusual roommate: a massive installation she calls the Long String Instrument. Filling the ground floor ...