Researchers have recovered and studied archaeological evidence of an ancient stringed musical instrument crafted from deer antler in southern Vietnam. Lead researcher and Ph.D. student Fredeliza ...

A renewed appreciation of the seven-stringed zither is as much about understanding ancient Chinese culture as it is enjoying ...

The sounds of a harp-like instrument called the yazh, named for the mythological animal Yali whose image was carved into its stem, once filled the halls of temples and royal courts in southern India.

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: ...

Two antlers sat tucked away in museum storage for decades before researchers realized they had their hands on something rare. The antlers were, in fact, ancient string instruments, and are likely ...

“Thank God, now with the openness and development that we are witnessing and the interest in music and artists from everywhere in the world, everyone is benefiting from this exhibition and this ...

The hurdy-gurdy is a fascinating string instrument dating from sometime around the 10th century. There is an active community of modern enthusiasts, but one can’t simply walk into a music shop and buy ...

THROUGH HIS WORK, HE HAS RE-CREATED THE SOUNDS OF -- [INDISCERNIBLE] >> SPARTAN INSTRUMENTS IN LOWELL IS OVERFLOWING. >> I AM IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A TOTAL RESTORATION. >> HE REPAIRS AND RESTORES ...

The bright sound of a stringed musical instrument that exists only in the artwork and lore of ancient Greece has finally been heard again The crisp, bright sound of a stringed musical instrument that ...

Powerful grid computing has revived a stringed musical instrument that was last played in ancient Greece, Italian researchers announced at a recent conference in Catania, Sicily. Called an epigonion ...

A 2,000-year-old instrument - likely one of the oldest in Southeast Asia - was discovered in Vietnam, researchers say Photo from the journal Antiquity Two antlers sat tucked away in museum storage for ...