WHYY

Penn researchers are using CT scanning to unlock the secrets of centuries-old basses and string instruments

U-Penn Phd.D student Leening Liu works to align the bass in the CT scanner for. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to ...
NPR

A music director goes public with a secret stash of private instruments

Crisp, warm, responsive. The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is on a journey to meet these benchmarks under the baton of music director Gianandrea Noseda. One of the ways in which he's shaping a new ...
NPR

What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impression

Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins Flow, a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of centuries-old string instruments, the ...
Hebdo Ahram

Art Alert: Old string instruments exhibition at the Cairo Opera

Paralleling the ongoing Arab Music Festival, the Cairo Opera House displays rare instruments in the main lobby With the 23rd edition of the Arab Music Festival, the lobby of the Cairo Opera House has ...
IFLScience

A 2,000-Year-Old Antler In Vietnam May Be Oldest Music Instrument Of Its Kind

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Mankato Free Press

Stringed artistry: Williams repairs, builds string instruments

Don’t fret. Benjamin Williams can repair that coveted string instrument for you. The gifted luthier, after years working out of his home, has settled in nicely to the Old Town neighborhood of Mankato.