The first electric guitar played in public. The first Hawaiian-made ukulele. Eric Clapton’s 1956 Fender Stratocaster, “Brownie,” which helped create his signature sound on classic songs like “Layla” ...

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High-pitched and twittering, the sounds of pre-Columbian whistling jars might fool listeners into thinking they’re in the presence of tiny, exotic birds. Equally strange are the muffled drones of the ...

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 ...

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Aaron Cowap recieved the drum set he has at home from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music's instrument drive. The next instrument drive is this Saturday. Do you remember playing an instrument in ...

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, ...

Instruments from nearly 1,000 years ago have been recreated by students at a world-renowned music school here in Newark.

a group of musical instruments including a guitar, drum, keyboard, tambourine.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/thegoodphoto) WASHINGTON — One library in Rockville ...

"Specialists on ancient civilizations could each give you examples of music from their particular areas of expertise, but one could always go back further." Reading time 7 minutes People talk about ...