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: ...

• 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 story.

The craftsmanship says “fine musical instrument.” The jovial atmosphere says “fiddle.” As luthiers Steve Thomas and Gary Vessel work in their downtown Modesto shop, Thomas & Vessel Stringed ...

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 ...

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 ...

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - You often can’t see who’s pulling the strings, but whoever is playing the strings, well, that person usually wants to be seen. And there is a new business coming into downtown ...

The stringed instrument type list includes over a dozen defaults, including electric and acoustic guitars, ukuleles, mandolin, banjo and lap steel. The motor here isn't designed to tackle bass guitars ...

NORTH ADAMS - A lot of people know how to play the guitar, but few know how to make one. Nick Lenski does both, and now he's hoping to teach others how to craft their own guitar. Or mandolin. Or even ...