The antlers were, in fact, ancient string instruments, and are likely among the oldest animal bone instruments ever discovered in Southeast Asia, according to a new study published on Feb. 21 in ...

Powerful grid computing has revived a stringed musical instrument that was last played in ancient Greece, Italian researchers announced at a recent conference in Catania, Sicily. Called an ...

The guqin, with its nearly 3,000-year history, does more than produce music. It is woven into the very fabric of Chinese ...

He began by collecting ancient manuscripts and ancient instruments: a pardessus de viole (high-pitched, five-stringed viol), a viole de gambe (six-stringed forerunner of the cello), a viole d ...

The hurdy-gurdy is a fascinating string instrument dating from sometime around the 10th century. There is an active community of modern enthusiasts, but one can’t simply walk into a music shop ...

The santur is an ancient stringed instrument, a dulcimer, with 72 strings that can be dated to 500 BC. Assyrian and Babylonian stone carvings show the instrument back in 669 BC.

STORY: Riyadh's recent oud exhibition was a haven for lovers of the ancient stringed instrument Date: March 11, 2023 in a country where the public appreciation of music has been slow to make an ...

Originating nearly 2,500 years ago, the guzheng is a traditional Chinese zither, a stringed instrument featuring up to 21 movable strings and bridges. The ancient instrument was the exact piece ...

He repairs and rebuilds string instruments in his studio in Lowell. His other passion is re-creating the instruments of ancient Greece. Pantazelos has made a lyra and a kithara.