The name sixian, or silk strings, refers to traditional stringed instruments, like the pipa (Chinese lute), erhu ...

William Close and band peform at California Plaza on Friday, June 2, 2017, on a skyscraper stringed instrument -- ‘Earth Harp,’ the world’s longest stringed instrument.

Jeremy Moyer discovered the two-stringed erhu on a volunteering trip to Taiwan in 1990. He has just released his third solo album of Chinese stringed instruments and has developed a sound that is ...

A special version of a traditional stringed Japanese musical instrument has been created to support reconstruction efforts in two separate regions.

Dubbed the "Chinese violin," erhu is a two-string bowed musical instrument. It is the most popular instrument in China's traditional bowed string instruments known as huqin.Given its beautiful, ...

The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: 10.15184/aqy ...

Art Mize restores stringed instruments. He also performs and teaches violin. He won the 2007 Homer Ledford Award for "artistic excellence and dedication to Kentucky's musical traditions." ...

Frank Ford, the co-founder of Gryphon Stringed Instruments and a beloved member of the Palo Alto musicians’ community, died after a brief illness on Sunday, Dec 17. He was 79.

He's an instrument maker who's spent the last thirty-five years creating and restoring early stringed instruments, some of them dating back to the seventeenth century.

Making stringed instruments a labor of love, laughs for Modesto men By Deke Farrow. [email protected]. Updated June 16, 2016 8:12 AM. The craftsmanship says “fine musical instrument.” ...

The unveiling ceremony was organized during the closing ceremony of the 12th Woodwork Exhibition at Tehran’s Niavaran Culture Center. The instrument takes its name from the first letters of the artist ...