A group of investors, including businessmen who are twin brothers and amateur violinists, have agreed to buy a controversial collection of rare string instruments from the New Jersey Symphony ...

LOS ANGELES -- While Mariachi music from Mexico is recognized around the world, the country has many more styles of music from different regions. These lesser-known music genres rely on instruments ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A rare and significant collection of string instruments from the Holocaust can be seen in Pittsburgh now through November 21 at an exhibit called "Violins of Hope", and the hope ...

NEWARK, N.J. – Five of 30 supposedly rare stringed instruments bought by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for $17 million from a man now under indictment for tax fraud probably are not authentic, a ...

When you enter the Museum of Fine Arts from Huntington Avenue you could easily walk right by a room full of rarities. Plenty of people are surprised to learn about their existence. "I always hear, ...

People tend to think of technology, especially music technology, as a gradual series of improvements. The ancient bull's horn evolved into the bugle, which sprouted keys and became the trumpet. But ...

Can a single string produce sound? Yes, a single string really can. The Jing ethnic group's single-stringed instrument, through the plucking of its string by the fingertips, weaves the breath of the ...