Tan Chin Seng is Malaysia’s first professional violin luthier, or maker of string instruments like violins, cellos and ...

Ghulam Mohammed Zaz fears for the future of the hand-made santoor as there are no takers for the dying artform.

Explore the ins and outs of acoustic instruments at fest’s Folk Craft area The Folk Craft area includes “Making, Playing & Tuning Steel Pans” by Carl Smith and Justin Petty of Boston.

This year’s Folk Festival highlights both the musical players and the instrument makers at the Folk Craft Area, where Mariia Gorkun and other 12 musical artisans and crafters demonstrated their ...

EXCLUSIVE: London-based sales agent Dogwoof has picked up world rights to Tommy Gulliksen’s Sound Of Ice, a documentary about musician Terje Isungset’s project to produce and play musical ...

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TRAVERSE CITY — What started as a way of figuring out a more transportable bass guitar has since put creatively hand-craft instruments into the hands of other musicians thanks to Caul Bluhm.

His instruments are only used once before they melt and disappear. Climate change has made ice music difficult and Terje’s artistic project even more urgent.

Pacific NW Magazine Musicians craft their own instruments at Bainbridge Arts Resource Network Aug. 2, 2023 at 7:00 am Updated Aug. 2, 2023 at 7:00 am ...

NELSON, Wis. — 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 one-degree ...

UNION — Jim Doble will discuss his hand-crafted instruments, sound therapy and the effect of sound and vibration during the May 5 “Zoom with Vose Wednesdays” at 6 p.m. Doble has been ...