Start your family band by crafting some awesome homemade instruments. Most of these are super easy to make, and kids will have a blast banging on a tin can drum, shaking DIY maracas, and making some ...

Ken Wryn's guitar teacher noticed that he responded more to music transcribed from old lute notations than tunes written for guitar. He lent Wryn his lute, but only for two weeks. After that, he told ...

The demand for handmade musical instruments in Rawalpindi is on the rise, with discussions about skilled instrument manufacturers on Shahullah Dutta Road even reaching foreign countries. Skilled ...

You may see beauty in the wood and the decorative inlays of a stringed instrument, but the interior construction is what makes each luthier's product distinctive, said Clarence Burnett, who made his ...

Ed Stilley's home was always in Hogscald Holler, just up the road in Carroll County from the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. But Aaron Loehndorf, collections and education specialist at the Springdale ...

Music is a great creative outlet for kids — as well as an easy way to keep them occupied — but you don’t have to buy expensive instruments to encourage your little Mozart to make music. From kids’ ...

Learn how to make musical instruments with recycled materials using a metal washtub, the washboard, and playing spoons to make homegrown music. One way to save money and have a good time all at once ...

LANCASTER, Ohio — Without a single note plucked, their presence evokes songs and culture dating back centuries. Construction materials such as low-grade pine wood, salvaged scrap metal, cigar boxes, ...

ROCKFORD —The fourth annual Midwest Handmade Musical Instrument Exhibition will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Emerson House, 420 N. Main St., Rockford. Area artisans will exhibit ...

SPRINGDALE — Forty years ago, Ed Stilley had a revelation. The religious devotion of this farmer from Carroll County led him to start making homespun stringed instruments, even though he had no ...