The Crwth is a bowed, stringed instrument that was once common all over Europe ... it is essentially a violin that is mechanically amplified by a metal resonator and horn attached to its body. Stroh ...

There are lots of uncommon musical instruments such as the Balalaika a stringed instrument from medieval ... Take the cello-horn, for example, the name is self-explanatory as it’s an ...

The strings of this instrument are played with a metal plectrum, while the bridge is made of a flat horn. A gubguba is a percussion string instrument and it either has dried gourd or wooden ...

Jatta, 55, is from Gambia, a member of the Jola people. He's holding an akonting: a three-stringed instrument with a long neck and a body made from a calabash gourd with a goat skin stretched over it.

Blackson started working with Frank Machos, the arts director of the School District of Philadelphia, to compile a list of every neglected horn, woodwind, stringed instrument, and piece of ...

and on the string instruments. There were various horns that were played — made out of bone — and there were flutes. So even though we could not bring the physical instruments, we came with ...

The single-stringed instrument Chowdike is said to be a symbol of goddess Yellamma and women form groups to sing in praise of Yellamma. It includes both song and narration. The instrument Chowdike ...

Staff reports The instrument that is now called the “French Horn” has a long history of evolving not so much from musical ...

And with stringed instruments, it's not the instrument itself but the bow. Violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti directs the McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University. She's also a touring chamber ...

One of the event’s highlights is Ellen Fullman’s Long String Instrument installation, with dozens of tuned wires stretched 50 or more feet. “Playing my instrument is like walking or swimming ...