Local players of stringed instruments are looking forward to the arrival in Tualatin of Bob Culbertson, a renowned musician who plays an unusual stringed instrument called the Chapman Stick.

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

Today's Beautiful Music is an introduction to the hurdy-gurdy. The unusual string instrument is played with a hand crank, and its ancestor -- the organistrum -- dates back at least to the 12th century ...

The Ravanahatha is one of the oldest bowed string instruments in the world. It is made from a coconut shell resonator, a bamboo neck, and a horsehair bow. This combination produces a raw, haunting ...