Scouting for secondhand instruments? These 9 picks are worth checking out at garage sales if you're after quality gear ...

Additive synthesis, the conceptual opposite of subtractive synthesis, is theoretically capable of producing acoustic ...

Long before sitars and tablas ruled the stage, India resonated with the haunting melodies of the Ravanahatha and the deep ...

Despite its busy inner workings, and the amplification of the quartet’s instruments (not the Stradivari in this instance), it was a stretch of curious sounds that had attendees glancing with ...

Decades in the making, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol’s singular oud transforms centuries-old Turkish sounds and — when the urge strikes ...

Partly housed in the former Old England department store ... the museum gives visitors the opportunity to hear what these instruments sound like, greatly adding to the fun. On the top floor ...

The Theremin turns 100 years old this month ... but largely because it’s so hard to get a nice sound from it. The instrument was touted as being easy to play, because you really do just wave ...

History The organ is a relatively old musical instrument, dating from the time of Ctesibius of ... How to play Pipe organs use wind moving through pipes to produce sounds. Since the 16th century, pipe ...

All their instruments are homemade from rubbish and include items such as an old kitchen sink, gas pipes, a shopping trolley and dustbins! When conducting investigations on how sound is made and ...

All their instruments are homemade from rubbish and include items such as an old kitchen sink, gas pipes, a shopping trolley and dustbins! When conducting investigations on how sound is made and ...