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 ...

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 ...

Part of How To Classical. Why does the oboe tune the orchestra? Why does the orchestra sit the way it does? What does rosin actually do to a violin bow? If you find the traditions of the classical ...

Up to 1.5 million pounds of strings end up buried in a landfill every year. BY Charlie Sorrel D’Addario, the musical instrument string-making company, will now recycle your guitar, mandolin, bass, or ...

Strings are essential to many musical instruments, but because of the metals used to make them, most can't be recycled. One of the largest instrument string makers is trying to change that. Each year ...