Local players of stringed instruments are looking forward to the arrival in Tualatin of Bob Culbertson, a renowned musician who plays an unusual stringed instrument called the Chapman Stick.

Chinese archaeologists working in Hubei province’s Zaoyang City have unearthed an ancient stringed instrument dating back thousands of years. It’s said to be the earliest ever found in China. Above: a ...

Stacy Tenenbaum’s film Pipe Dreams features four young organ players competing in the prestigious Canadian International Organ Competition, held every few years in Montreal. What’s striking is that ...

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 ...

Rob Scallon has been a YouTuber for 17 years. For the last 12 of those he’s been paying rent by building the world’s largest pedalboard, exploring unusual stringed instruments and more. He says with a ...

So far all the musical instruments that made this list of unusual musical instruments with weird names were rather modern creations. But the Octobass was designed and produced way back in 1850 by Jean ...

IIIZ+ (Three Zee Plus) is a musical group formed in Germany, which features three different kinds of bridged Asian zithers. The group performs tonight (Sept. 23, 2016) at the Asia Society Texas Center ...

Petr Bucinsky adjusts the bridge of a violin at his violin shop on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News) What is likely the oldest man-made object in Alaska still able to fully ...

The genesis of most rock bands is pretty similar. Someone picks up a six-string, figures out they’re pretty good, seeks out some friends who can drum; sing; play bass and and maybe keys; and boom, you ...