Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...

While most musicians rely on roadies to tune their instruments, musicians at the Ice Music Festival work with a team of ice carvers to prep their gear. Located in Finse, Norway, the annual event is ...

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Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

Learn how to make musical instruments with recycled materials using a metal washtub, the washboard, and playing spoons to make homegrown music. One way to save money and have a good time all at once ...

If you’re looking to unleash your creativity, or just trying to find an idea for your kid’s school project, take a look at our list of the 10 easiest musical instruments to make at home. Whether you ...

A Brahms concerto being played on a Stradivarius violin can be a priceless experience, but is the wooden box with the strings stretched over it in and of itself a good investment? Historically, ...

KARI LOVE: It is an electronic synthesizer built out of a disposable vape. It is a novelty instrument of sorts. RASCOE: That's Kari Love, a robotics professor at New York University. And, yes, by vape ...

The Big Nessie is a free Kontakt instrument that gives producers "warped percussive textures, tonal fragments and ...