A passion for Taiwanese gezai opera (歌仔戲) led 27-year-old Lin Tsung-fan (林宗範) to teach himself how to craft the traditional stringed instruments used, and he eventually became one of the top makers in ...

NELSON, Wis. (AP) - Jim Smit’s cold, callused hand, covered by wool gloves made by his wife with wool from the couple’s 16 Icelandic sheep, reached out on a blistering 1-degree weekday evening to ...

Walking into a musical instrument store offers two primary stimuli: instruments and their price tags. But making instruments is far more complex, a balance of visual art with precision, of flair and ...

On a recent morning, Greg Hobson tinkered with a wind chime he made from an old bicycle wheel, making sure it correctly played the tones from the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Greg ...

If you’ve attended a church service in Northeast Ohio, chances are you’ve heard a Schantz Organ. The Orrville company that makes pipe organs is marking 145 years in business and is now under its ...

Ales Los is the owner of an unusual homestead Khutar Dudara (The Piper’s Farmstead), once visited by the famous Belarusian writer. He restores musical instruments, revives folk traditions and folklore ...

You can create the source of your own music with St John's Central College course 'Musical Instrument Making and Repair' Making and repairing instruments: "I thoroughly enjoyed my time in St John's ...