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Musical instruments that nearly disappeared from history

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...

Recreating the forms and sounds of historical musical instruments

What if there were a way to create accurate replicas of ancient and historical instruments that could be played and heard?In ...
The Conversation

Kora: in search of the origins of west Africa’s famed stringed musical instrument

Eric Charry does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Conversation

You are living inside a massive, musical instrument – and here’s what it sounds like

Martin Archer does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
The Boston Globe

The MFA is home to roughly 1,460 musical instruments — and this curator is their caretaker

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 ...