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: ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Members of the international ALL FRETS organization visit Louisville for their annual convention, July 17th - 19th. Originally established in Chicago in 1957 as the Fretted ...

Don’t fret. Benjamin Williams can repair that coveted string instrument for you. The gifted luthier, after years working out of his home, has settled in nicely to the Old Town neighborhood of Mankato.

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 ...

Guitars have always connected Josh Rieck to the people around him. Surrounded by racks of wood and equipment and musical instruments in various stages of repair, there is evidence of a rich community ...

Vietnam is home to 54 ethnic groups, each with its own customs and traditions. Those groups have created a variety of traditional musical instruments, which have played an important role in Vietnamese ...

This book addresses core questions about the role of materials in general and of wood in particular in the construction of string instruments used in the modern symphony orchestra - violins, violas, ...