Reconstruction of a seashell being played as an instrument. In the background, a red dotted buffalo decorates the walls of the Marsoulas Cave; similar motifs decorate the instrument. Almost 80 years ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

This is the second article in a series imploring STEM workers, students, and entrepreneurs to learn to create music. The first article explained why playing an instrument or producing music has many ...

Jared Katz is preparing for this month’s ‘Art in Tune’ when certain items in the museum’s extensive instrument collection can be both seen and heard For Boston Museum of Fine Arts curator of musical ...