Continuing in my Chats with Cats articles I wanted to speak with an instrument maker. We often forget how important these artisans are to the tone and timbre of the music itself. Being a guitarist, I ...

As outdated assumptions about the market for instruments come to light, some guitar-makers finally are starting to recognize that players come in... Instrument-Makers Learn A Long-Overdue Lesson: It ...

Yamaha’s booth and stage at NAMM 2024 featured instruments, equipment and live performances Yamaha Corp. of America is turning up the music. The manufacturer, one of the largest makers of musical ...

The Buffet Crampon factory manufactures 15,000 clarinets each year, 30 percent of which are exported to the United States. The United States has added a 15 percent tariff on European goods since ...

To the many sounds you'd expect to be produced by a forest, consider including this: the sound of the piano. The majestic "red spruce" growing in the Val di Fiemme of Italy's Dolomites has been prized ...

Perhaps no instruments are more sought after than those crafted by Antonio Stradivari, who died nearly 300 years ago. While a catastrophic storm recently wiped out a million trees in the forest where ...

Even though they practice their craft outside of the spotlight, these New England artisans are virtuosos in their own right. When it comes to musical performances, New England is graced by everything ...

A team of researchers from Politecnico Di Milan have developed an AI system capable of helping master instrument makers determine what an unmade violin might sound like. Violins have been around since ...