It’s hard to say for sure, but something special happens when an old instrument meets contemporary creativity. These aren’t ...

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: ...

While reporting on traditional work the last couple of weeks, we learned about a North Country craftsman who builds stringed instruments and... May 16, 2012 — While reporting on traditional work the ...

Chicago Strings is a full-service violin shop located in the heart of Evanston, offering both fine antique and modern stringed instruments as well as professional level instrument and bow repairs. We ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

The modern erhu developed from a musical instrument called xiqin, which was played by many ethnic minorities during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). During the Song Dynasty (960-1279), musicians began to ...

This holiday week, we're taking a second listen to one of our favorite series of 2012. This May, we profiled people doing traditional work,... Dec 26, 2012 — This holiday week, we're taking a second ...