A bicycle wheel with guitar strings, a touch-operated synth, and the “Demon Box” were just a few of the new instruments on ...

While most musicians rely on roadies to tune their instruments, musicians at the Ice Music Festival work with a team of ice carvers to prep their gear. Located in Finse, Norway, the annual event is ...

Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...

David Tudor was born in West Philly in 1926 and, at least for a musical prodigy, his career started out conventionally enough. He began studying the piano at age 6 before switching his focus to the ...

If you’re looking to unleash your creativity, or just trying to find an idea for your kid’s school project, take a look at our list of the 10 easiest musical instruments to make at home. Whether you ...

Learn how to make musical instruments with recycled materials using a metal washtub, the washboard, and playing spoons to make homegrown music. One way to save money and have a good time all at once ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

New York-based music data and analytics provider, MRC Data, reported that last year 70% of the U.S. music market consists of vintage tunes. While songs might be embracing the past, musical instruments ...

A Brahms concerto being played on a Stradivarius violin can be a priceless experience, but is the wooden box with the strings stretched over it in and of itself a good investment? Historically, ...

Update: The CITES convention officially adopted the musical instruments exemption on Wednesday. An international endangered species convention meeting in Geneva is close to exempting musical ...