Avi Avital plays the mandolin sitting center stage in a hard-back chair. He curls into himself, his face turned downward, and nestles the small stringed instrument on his lap. His intense ...

If you were to travel to the Andes mountains of South America, you might encounter a small string instrument called a charango. At first glance, it looks a bit like a mandolin or ukulele with ten ...

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It should come as no surprise that Simon McHugh loves selling and repairing stringed instruments. For one thing, he’s enamored of the objects he works with – violins, violas, cellos, basses and their ...

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 ...

LISTENING TO THE CLASSICS Alvarez never tires of listening to classical music. His favorite composers include Back, Mozart and Vivaldi. “I love chamber music,” he said. LIFE CYCLE Not every customer ...

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - William Hughes is a luthier that travels across Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas to repair stringed instruments. He has a stop in Kilgore, where he works with Kilgore Mercantile ...

What is the easiest instrument to learn? You might be excited to find out that there are many options for you to choose from if you are looking for an easy instrument. Learning a musical instrument is ...