Wood used for a musical instrument needs to meet certain physical and acoustical properties and not all wood species are suitable as tonewoods. Research may have found some promising wood alternates.

Q: I'm trying to make very approximate calculations to determine what pull would be necessary to shear bridges from the tops of musical instruments. Different-sized instruments have different area ...

Christian Metzler, a native of Austria, came to St. John’s campus in Collegeville, Minn., last year to carry on the tradition of making music.

Mezzo-forte's award-winning carbon fiber violin. For nearly 35 years, the Deutschen Musikinstrumentenpreis (German Music Instrument Awards) has recognized excellence in the building of contemporary ...

Randy Wood is just too good for retirement. Not that the master luthier hasn't tried - in fact, he's tried more than once. But folks just kept calling on him to repair or build musical instruments for ...

What's 300 years old, made of wood and easily outperforms most mutual funds? A Stradivarius violin. Or an antique guitar or mandolin, for that matter. A growing group of investors is viewing music—as ...

Up in the Virginia highlands in the tiny village of Paint Bank, Marty Jenkins is making music — out of just about anything: soda pop cans, cigar boxes, plastic funnels, license plates, even coconut ...

Learn how to make musical instruments with recycled materials using a metal washtub, the washboard, and playing spoons to make homegrown music. One way to save money and have a good time all at once ...