It hasn’t always had a place in orchestral music, but since the 19th century composers like Ravel and Debussy have been in love with the instrument and its unique, resonant sound. The modern concert ...

1,700-Year-Old Musical Instrument Found, and It Still Works. The mouth harp was recently discovered in the Altai Mountains region of Russia and still makes music after well over a millennium.

Joaquin Ayala of Winter Harp performs on a menagerie of strange musical instruments from medieval times, and none is more archaic than the monstrous organistrum. Grandfather of the hurdy-gurdy ...

In the past, most Ethiopians were acquainted with the begena as a traditional musical instrument during the time of Lent, when it was constantly played over the radio, particularly during the ...

Crammed into the tiny upstairs of the small Northwest Iowa County Museum in 1980 was a collection of rare and historic musical instruments.

Recently, the two-person musical instrument department, which consists of Katz and program associate Nate Steele, has been in preparation crunch mode for Feb. 27’s “Art in Tune,” the annual ...