Nurdun Esmayil (C) plays music with his son, Ehmet Nurdun (L), and his apprentice in his courtyard in Xinhe County, northwest ...

Thin strings vibrate quickly ... DULL MUTED TWANG "It doesn't really make muchof a musical instrument does it?" Although it does make a sound it's just not loud enough. Now what we need to ...

"Ukelin" is one of the more common trade names of a type of stringed musical instrument marketed from the early 1920s until about 1965. Ukelins combine two sets of strings, one group of sixteen ...

In a small courtyard dappled with light under a grape arbor, 65-year-old Nurdun Esmayil was making handmade folk musical ...