Simon Stanbridge can make stringed instruments out of anything — from baked bean tins to cheese boxes. "I just can't help myself; I think I'm up to about 125 [instruments]," he told Firas Massouh on ...

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 ...

Born near the French city of Lyon, Beluze learned his skills from Russian musician and luthier Alexandre Snitkovski. So impressed was Snitkovski with Beluze's work that he turned his former student ...

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 ...

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 ...