"Ukelin" is one of the more common trade names of a type of stringed musical instrument marketed from the early 1920s until about 1965. Ukelins combine two sets of strings, one group of sixteen ...

The sound is “sweet” and “flexible,” according to Ken Slowik, the curator of musical instruments at the National Museum of American History. The violin—which came to the Smithsonian on ...

Three large abstract sculptures have recently arrived at the rooftop garden of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for ...

I was already quite familiar with the gayageum (12 string instrument) and the haegeum (2 string ... The gayageum is the most widely used traditional Korean musical instrument due to its clear tone.

Thin strings vibrate quickly ... DULL MUTED TWANG "It doesn't really make muchof a musical instrument does it?" Although it does make a sound it's just not loud enough. Now what we need to ...

A violin is the highest pitched string instrument and a double ... Orchestration is the process of combining different instruments together, within your musical composition. There are lots of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string ...

He's now the Musical Instrument Museum’s conservator, working on everything from string instruments and drums to bugles. "I'm a music educator and a violin maker," said Correa-Salas.