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 ...

The men showed an audience of about 20 people, both young and old, the craft of being a luthier — building and repairing stringed instruments. They had long tables displaying guitars and violins ...

For the next decade, the Long String Instrument and its creator lived in Austin, Tex. “I had been scrambling in New York and didn’t have enough cash flow to rent a loft or to have a permanent ...

The kora, a 21-string lute-bridge-harp from West Africa, is played by plucking the strings with the thumb and index finger of both hands. This technique requires significant finger strength and ...

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 ...