The study of acoustics and physical modelling in wind instruments bridges classical musical craftsmanship with modern quantitative analysis. This field investigates the complex interplay between ...

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As a musician, I appreciate a lot of instruments, especially one that I’ve never seen before and would love to test. I started my musical journey playing the drums at age seven and moved on to the ...

Scientists analyzing a conch shell believed to be the oldest wind instrument of its type in the world have released a recording of what it would have sounded like. The shell was largely overlooked ...

A 17,000-year-old conch shell is thought to be the world’s oldest known wind instrument. Researchers say the shell, which was forgotten about for more than 80 years in a French museum collection, had ...

It feels that I really hear the sounds of wind when Gamin plays the traditional Korean musical instruments piri, a double reed bamboo wind instrument similar to an oboe, and saenghwang, a free reed ...