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

The history of music goes back a long, long way, and a new discovery in France may be one of the most important discoveries linked to early music making. A conch shell that is now thought to be a horn ...

(CBS News) Nothing says Halloween quite like the weird sounds of the Theremin . . . tricky to play, but a treat when done well. With Faith Salie now we'll give it a listen: It just might be world's ...

PHOENIX — The Musical Instrument Museum is giving visitors a chance to experience the world of music like never before. Located in north Phoenix, MIM houses more than 200,000 square feet of space, ...

WILLIAMSBURG - Buddy Parker activates the Nickelodeon, and the old gadget springs to life, filling the small room with the lovely sounds of piano and violin. The music is not pre-recorded or digitally ...

Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...

The first electric guitar played in public. The first Hawaiian-made ukulele. Eric Clapton’s 1956 Fender Stratocaster, “Brownie,” which helped create his signature sound on classic songs like “Layla” ...

The St. Joseph’s Drum and Bugle Corps was a fixture in Batavia and Genesee County from the 1930s through the 1970s. Its history and impact in the community is highlighted in the Holland Land Office ...