Haymes calls himself a “utility infielder” in Ramblin Jug Stompers, responsible for many of the unusual sounds that don’t come from the typical stringed instruments in acoustic bands. At the band’s ...

Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in China This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

BATTLE GROUND — One day in December 2016, during a rail journey into same northern Italian countryside where the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari made his stringed masterpieces, Mark and Sharon ...

A string instrument "Cello" which is larger than the violin and slightly smaller than the contrabass is a musical instrument with four strings and bass echoes. A cello craftworker cut out timber, ...

I played famous commercial jingles using a variety of cool instruments from around the world, turning familiar tunes into a global musical journey. Each instrument adds its own personality, from ...

Antiques and treasures weren't the only things offered during the annual Shipwreck Fest over the weekend. The Skagit Symphony offered young visitors the chance to try out a variety of stringed ...