The octobass is a huge stringed instrument that is twice the size of a double bass when standing, about 3.6 meters, and the strings cannot be pressed as they are, so the strings are pressed with a ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

HOMEWOOD -- An instructor leads two guitar students through a lesson in the front. In the back, young people tune their violins as their parents look on. Downstairs, a mandolin player leads a dulcimer ...

At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points. Plucked, bowed, or struck, each of an instrument’s strings creates ...

WILLMAR — Sounds from stringed instruments filled the Reynolds Room at the Willmar Community Center for the weekly Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra String Connection gathering Wednesday. String ...

String instruments made with traditional woodworking are expensive. There must be a more affordable way to achieve sound quality. The solution is 3D printing. The US-based start-up Forte3D has given a ...

From violins and pianos to triangles and trumpets, instruments are key to making music. Did you know that there are four different categories of instruments? They are string, brass, woodwind and ...