A bicycle wheel with guitar strings, a touch-operated synth, and the “Demon Box” were just a few of the new instruments on show at Georgia Tech’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition this weekend.

Paul Gardinier loves the exactitude. That’s the part of making string instruments that stands out as the Juneau man’s favorite. “It’s super precise,” Gardinier told the Capital City Weekly while ...

(SOUNDBITE) (French) CRAFTSMAN, YAHIA CHALLALI, SAYING: "It's a profession that I love. It was a challenge. I once broke my banjo and I swore to myself not to play music anymore, not to touch a guitar ...

Sean Pendleton started simple. “I looked into doing a MiniMoog clone, which is really all I wanted to build,” said the IT employee about the first synthesizer he made. “It just kind of all snowballed ...

Continuing in my Chats with Cats articles I wanted to speak with an instrument maker. We often forget how important these artisans are to the tone and timbre of the music itself. Being a guitarist, I ...

END. WHEN THE BOSTON POPS ENTERTAINED THE CROWD OUT ON THE ESPLANADE ON JULY 4TH, 2022, ONE MUSICIANS VIOLIN CAME FROM JUST ACROSS TOWN INSIDE THE NORTH BENNET STREET SCHOOL IN BOSTON’S NORTH END. THE ...

Earl Moore remembers the day his father walked out. He was 12 years old and hundreds of miles away at his grandparents’ house in Florida when his father broke the news over the phone. When young Moore ...

AN ART ITSELF. >> WE FOUND STUDENTS LEARNING THAT ART RIGHT IN BOSTON’S NORTH END. WITH THE BOSTON POPS ENTERTAIN THE CROWD ON THE ESPLANADE ON JULY WORTH, 2022, ONE MUSICIAN’S VIOLIN CAME FROM JUST ...