"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 ...

A musical instrument maker that’s been around 400 years? Yes. And you’ve seen their stuff in use recently, too.

This electronic musical instrument can be played without actually touching ... If anything, having more strings typically ...

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

Thompson is a “luthier,” a craftsperson who builds and repairs stringed instruments that are played ... grew up in Springboro to a musical family. His grandfather played Celtic fiddle, both ...

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

The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...