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: ...

Under the watchful eye of federal marshals, the Smithsonian permitted many millions of dollars worth of Stradivarius violins out of the vault and out on the town on Friday night, on behalf of the Year ...

For thousands of teenaged boys the guitar’s allure is unavoidable. They can’t wait to get their hands on one and imitate their favorite rock star. That’s never been the case for an 18-year-old college ...

Originating nearly 2,500 years ago, the guzheng is a traditional Chinese zither, a stringed instrument featuring up to 21 movable strings and bridges. The ancient instrument was the exact piece ...

The ASTRA project, standing for Ancient instruments Sound/Timbre Reconstruction Application, has revived an instrument that hasn't been played or heard in centuries. Using the Enabling Grids for ...

Ever stumbled across a sound that made you stop in your tracks? Maybe it was something ancient and unfamiliar, yet strangely ...

Powerful grid computing has revived a stringed musical instrument that was last played in ancient Greece, Italian researchers announced at a recent conference in Catania, Sicily. Called an epigonion ...

GREECE. SPARTAN AND INSTRUMENTS IN LOWELL IS OVERFLOWING. IT’S ALL THE HANDIWORK OF CHRIS PANTA, ZILLOW’S THIS IS A GREEK BOUZOUKI. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A TOTAL RESTORATION. HE REPAIRS AND ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Like a rolling stone, a traveling guitar museum is searching for a home. The National Guitar Museum features ancient stringed instruments from Persia, the first electric guitar, and ...