We all know the names of common musical instruments, but this list of 11 unusual musical instruments with weird names will show you that there are some out there you’ve never seen or heard about. As ...

Local players of stringed instruments are looking forward to the arrival in Tualatin of Bob Culbertson, a renowned musician who plays an unusual stringed instrument called the Chapman Stick.

Rob Scallon has been a YouTuber for 17 years. For the last 12 of those he’s been paying rent by building the world’s largest pedalboard, exploring unusual stringed instruments and more. He says with a ...

IIIZ+ (Three Zee Plus) is a musical group formed in Germany, which features three different kinds of bridged Asian zithers. The group performs tonight (Sept. 23, 2016) at the Asia Society Texas Center ...

What is likely the oldest man-made object in Alaska still able to fully perform the purpose for which is was built hangs in a shop in Fairview, a meticulous assemblage of dark wood a little more than ...

After 42 years building and repairing hundreds of stringed instruments, Mark Bluett is retiring and passing his business on ...

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: ...