Learning a musical instrument as an adult can seem like an expensive proposition. There's the cost of the instrument, books and hiring a music teacher – it can all add up quickly. However, there are ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

A musician by the name of Martin Molin, from the Swedish band Wintergatan, has created and built an amazing musical instrument he calls the Marble Machine -- and you won't believe how good it sounds.

We all know the names of common musical instruments, but this list of 11 unusual musical instruments with weird names will show you that there are some out there you’ve never seen or heard about. As ...

Jared Katz is preparing for this month’s ‘Art in Tune’ when certain items in the museum’s extensive instrument collection can be both seen and heard For Boston Museum of Fine Arts curator of musical ...

What's 300 years old, made of wood and easily outperforms most mutual funds? A Stradivarius violin. Or an antique guitar or mandolin, for that matter. A growing group of investors is viewing music—as ...

A Brahms concerto being played on a Stradivarius violin can be a priceless experience, but is the wooden box with the strings stretched over it in and of itself a good investment? Historically, ...