The name actually comes from the lute, a 15th century French instrument that looks like a bloated banjo. People who made lutes were called luthiers. When the violin, viola, bass and cello came along, ...

Trump paused reciprocal tariffs for 90 days last week, which NAMM described as a “welcomed measure”. However, they maintain ...

People at the factory build guitars, mandolins, and dulcimers, all hand crafted, and sent to places all around the world.

Frohlich uses it to probe the anatomy of the world’s greatest violins ... Frohlich has scanned nearly 50 violins and other stringed instruments—by Stradivari, his contemporaries and current ...

the craft of building string instruments reached a state of near-perfection in a humble workshop in Cremona, Italy. The craftsman’s name is still known around the world more than 300 years later ...

The qanun is a traditional Middle Eastern stringed instrument. It has a long history, possibly descended from the ancient Egyptian harp, and is related to the psaltery, dulcimer and zither.