Strings of history: Salvaged instruments find new life in Joydeep Mukherjee’s house museum

The musician, who is constantly on the lookout for rare instruments during his travels, hopes to spotlight the Senia ...
NPR

What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impression

Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins Flow, a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of centuries-old string instruments, the ...
Artnet

Researchers in Vietnam Discovered That Two Deer Antlers Languishing in Museum Storage Are ...

The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...
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A 2,000-Year-Old Antler In Vietnam May Be Oldest Music Instrument Of Its Kind

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