BATTLE GROUND — One day in December 2016, during a rail journey into same northern Italian countryside where the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari made his stringed masterpieces, Mark and Sharon ...

Acoustics aren't all that count when making a violin. Aesthetics are also a key element. And that's why the craft of making stringed instruments is thriving in Italy, a country known for its love of ...

This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...

Dadpur, a village in Uluberia, is renowned for its craftsmen who specialize in making stringed instruments like sitars and guitars with meticulous craftsmanship and musical refinement. Dadpur's ...

Dulé Hill learns how stringed instrument making can help those in recovery for addiction. Dulé Hill meets Doug Naselroad, the founder of the Appalachian Stringed Instrument Company and the Culture of ...

Performing recently in a Shanghai park, a musician gingerly glides his bow across the strings of his erhu before tightening them to bring the instrument back into tune. Soon he is immersed in the ...

BRISTOL, Va. – A new exhibit that delves into the tradition and craftsmanship of creating acoustic musical instruments opens Friday at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Called ‘The Luthier’s ...

Amar Satpute, a handicraft artisan from the Bahireshwar village in Kolhapur district, was awarded the Central textile ministry’s ‘Rashtriya Shilp’ award for the year 2019 on Monday at an event in New ...