Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...

Part of How To Classical. Why does the oboe tune the orchestra? Why does the orchestra sit the way it does? What does rosin actually do to a violin bow? If you find the traditions of the classical ...

Stringed instruments make noise from the vibrations of tuned strings, using acoustic or electronic means to amplify those vibrations to the point where they’re loud enough to hear. The strings are ...

Like most people these days, sound artist Ellen Fullman is sheltering in place. But she has an unusual roommate: a massive installation she calls the Long String Instrument. Filling the ground floor ...

1. Ellen Fullman musically transformed a former candy factory on Austin's Eastside in the early Nineties, converting the entire space into a sonic chamber with herself and others walking among and ...