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 ...

Ellen Fullman is sheltering in place with the 40-string, 45-foot-long droning instrument she created decades ago. The sound artist Ellen Fullman near her home in Berkeley, Calif.Credit...Erin ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Discover how to create a DIY miniature string instrument using simple materials like corrugated cardboard and wooden sticks. This step-by-step guide takes you through cutting, assembling, and adding ...

William Close is getting ready to string a skyscraper. As the inventor of the Earth Harp, which holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest stringed instrument, it’s a task he knows well.

Although their numbers are few, women luthiers are making their mark and providing skilled work in Israel.

The stringed instrument type list includes over a dozen defaults, including electric and acoustic guitars, ukuleles, mandolin, banjo and lap steel. The motor here isn't designed to tackle bass guitars ...

The UMass Lowell String Project is a music education and community engagement initiative housed in the Department of Music that provides music instruction to students grades 3-12 from the Merrimack ...

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.

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 ...