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Musical instruments that nearly disappeared from history

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and the passage of time. While some vanished completely, others survived by the ...
Artnet

Researchers in Vietnam Discovered That Two Deer Antlers Languishing in Museum Storage Are Actually 2,000-Year-Old Musical Instruments

The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...
The Hindu

Strings of history: Salvaged instruments find new life in Joydeep Mukherjee’s house museum

The Senia Shahjahanpur gharana, known for pioneering the evolution of the modern sarod, has a heritage that symbolises how India’s classical music has bridged geographical barriers seamlessly over the ...
PBS

The Violin in the String Family of the Orchestra

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 other ...