Paul Gardinier loves the exactitude. That’s the part of making string instruments that stands out as the Juneau man’s favorite. “It’s super precise,” Gardinier told the Capital City Weekly while ...

Hindman, Kentucky — On the banks of Troublesome Creek, music is being made with power tools and sandpaper. Tabatha Mosley is learning how to make a ukulele. "This is just the beginning. This is just ...

(SOUNDBITE) (French) CRAFTSMAN, YAHIA CHALLALI, SAYING: "It's a profession that I love. It was a challenge. I once broke my banjo and I swore to myself not to play music anymore, not to touch a guitar ...

HAVANA. ERIKA: IN CUBA, A LOVE OF MUSIC IS CULTIVATED AT AN EARLY AGE. AT THE CONSERVATORY, STUDENTS BURSTING WITH RAW TALENT FINE TUN ETHEIR SKILL. >> I HOPE TO BE A GREAT MUSICIAN. I HAVE TO BE A ...

Continuing in my Chats with Cats articles I wanted to speak with an instrument maker. We often forget how important these artisans are to the tone and timbre of the music itself. Being a guitarist, I ...

Sean Pendleton started simple. “I looked into doing a MiniMoog clone, which is really all I wanted to build,” said the IT employee about the first synthesizer he made. “It just kind of all snowballed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 7—DODGE CENTER, Minn. — When Logan Tufte was in grade school and decided to begin learning an instrument, his first choice of ...

Ian Lightcap had a problem. The core facility director at the University of Notre Dame had a lot of aging equipment on his hands and a plan to upgrade it—but no plan for what to do with the old ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Our city has produced some of the world’s finest drummers, and many more will be headed to town for our upcoming festival. A local man is making a name for himself as the only ...

A bicycle wheel with guitar strings, a touch-operated synth, and the “Demon Box” were just a few of the new instruments on show at Georgia Tech’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition this weekend.

Long before radio, television and social media became popular, the Chamoru people found other ways to entertain themselves while fishing, harvesting crops and socializing. Music has always been a ...