It hasn’t always had a place in orchestral music, but since the 19th century composers like Ravel and Debussy have been in love with the instrument and its unique, resonant sound. The modern concert ...

Three large abstract sculptures have recently arrived at the rooftop garden of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for visitors to see—and hear. The red Minimalist sculptures feature sets of strings ...

The harp has its hindrances, and a lot of composers are terrified of writing solo music for it. This instrument has 47 strings, each tuned like the white notes of a piano, with the player’s feet ...

There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The harp has existed for hundreds of years and was played in ...

But what about otherstring instruments? A guitar works by either ... This is my mini harp. It's a string instrumentand it goes from long strings right down to short strings just like the piano.

fabricating three monumental stringed instruments. Tantalizingly, visitors are asked not to touch the Aeolian harp, zither, and one-string, letting them be activated instead by the breeze.