pipes and slabs of wood. In the end, it was worth unloading all those amazing instruments to document one of today's finest — and friendliest — percussion ensembles.

Rosewood is widely regarded as one of the most expensive and sought-after woods in the world due to its rich color, durability, and unique grain patterns. In this video, we take you inside a sawmill ...

Ireland is well-known for its rich musical heritage and its vast collection of ancient musical instruments spanning more than 3000 years from the Late Stone Age through to the Early Medieval ...

vital for the making of stringed wooden musical instruments. Dovetailing Gathered Notes contains high-quality art photographs, descriptive and creative prose, poetry from participants including ...

But Stewart Pollens, former conservator of musical instruments at the Metropolitan ... mainly because when you inspect Stradivari’s wood today, you’ll find all manner of different densities ...

Mbira is a musical instrument traditionally from Zimbabwe in Africa. It's sometimes called a thumb piano. Mbira is made from a wooden block, about the size of an adult hand. On top of the wood are ...

(Mainichi/Nobuto Matsukura) SHIKOKUCHUO, Ehime -- University researchers in Japan have found a way to improve the reverberation of wooden musical instruments by coating them with extremely fine ...