A string trimmer is the ideal tool for reaching areas your lawn mower can’t, such as cutting grass and weeds along fence ...

“You Play the What?!?” asked a headline above a profile of Syracuse musician Dan Duggan in the Oct. 31, 1985, edition of The Post-Standard. It was a question Duggan was probably used to. “People are ...

The next time you’re listening to someone play guitar — be it a big-name artist or your favorite local musician — there’s a good chance a critical part of their guitar string was made right here in ...

Turkey-based upstart Shark Instruments is taking the fight to higher-end guitar makers with advanced manufacturing capabilities. Its latest industry-first feature: adjustable frets. The frets on the ...

The String Project is a flagship program that provides affordable, carefully-structured lessons in violin and cello for children in the 4th through 10th grades, taught by the dedicated and talented ...

The four siblings start with Webern before ditching traditional instruments for mics, voices, percussion and oud ‘We’ve done many concerts, but this is the first time I’m stressed,” the first violin ...

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an instrument’s final sound. MIT engineers hope to streamline that ...

The Repair Shop has fixed an instrument belonging to Emma MacLennan's son after he died aged 31 Seeing repairs to her late son's obscure folk instrument was "like having him restored", a mother has ...

The BBC One show took on the challenge to repair a Cretan lyra belonging to Emma MacLennan’s late son. BBC The Repair Shop restores a Cretan lyra (Ricochet/PA) The Repair Shop has been praised for its ...

Musician Jacob Collier shares the fascinating origin story of his signature 5-string Taylor guitar, explaining how luthier Andy Powers helped bring his unique vision of a symmetrically tuned ...