Two men have arranged for musical instruments to be donated to children in Kenya and Cape Verde.

Benjamin Franklin invented the glass harmonica, inspired by the parlor trick of playing music on water-filled glasses. The ...

Discover the glass armonica, Benjamin Franklin's remarkable musical invention, and the musician keeping its haunting sound ...

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.

For centuries, the standard wood used to make string instruments’ bows has come from the pernambuco tree in Brazil. Its ...

For the past 26 years, the Guthman Competition at Georgia Tech’s Department of Music has introduced the world to strange and innovative instruments. The contest welcomes inventors from all over the ...

As parents grapple with making the right or best educational decisions for their children, the questions about learning a musical instrument will often come up. Not just one question, but many. Should ...

Learn how to make musical instruments with recycled materials using a metal washtub, the washboard, and playing spoons to make homegrown music. One way to save money and have a good time all at once ...

While most musicians rely on roadies to tune their instruments, musicians at the Ice Music Festival work with a team of ice carvers to prep their gear. Located in Finse, Norway, the annual event is ...

Once thought to be the earliest musical instruments, bone artifacts called “Neanderthal flutes” were actually the work of scavenging hyenas, a new study says. Discovered in caves in southeast Europe, ...

It started after my mother died. She was a concentration-camp survivor—a prodigy concert pianist in Vienna who was taken when she was only a girl. She taught me the piano by holding her hands over ...

Phoenix’s Musical Instrument Museum will be alive with activity this fall, particularly when it comes to concerts. Inside its intimate 300-seat theater, the MIM hosts performances from artists, ...