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: ...

Tribune reporter Mark Caro’s “The travels and trials of a 1694 Guarneri cello” (Arts & Entertainment, Feb. 1) described many fascinating, informative aspects associated with playing and owning fine, ...

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PORT ANGELES — What can artists do with old stringed instruments? How about, what can’t they do? During the Second Weekend Art Event, catch a sneak peak of more than three dozen instruments that have ...

Some of you regular Berks Country readers know him as the smokin’ guitar player who serves up a column about grilling food. Others know him as a musician’s musician and self-made business man. These ...

Don’t fret. Benjamin Williams can repair that coveted string instrument for you. The gifted luthier, after years working out of his home, has settled in nicely to the Old Town neighborhood of Mankato.

What is likely the oldest man-made object in Alaska still able to fully perform the purpose for which is was built hangs in a shop in Fairview, a meticulous assemblage of dark wood a little more than ...

The craftsmanship says “fine musical instrument.” The jovial atmosphere says “fiddle.” As luthiers Steve Thomas and Gary Vessel work in their downtown Modesto shop, Thomas & Vessel Stringed ...

• View this story alongside more photos, a slideshow and a video. When Frank Ford and Richard Johnston first met as college students back in the 1960s, introduced by a mutual friend, it was evident ...