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DIY Kids Instrument Craft: Washboard and Spoons
Create your own musical instrument at home! Join Katie Palmer, MIM's Curator of Education, for a fun, easy to do washboard and spoons instrument craft that you can do at home.
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A fiddle made famous by Lord of the Rings is in demand in Australia
An Australian fiddlemaker is helping to spice up the dying craft by creating Hardanger fiddles, a Norwegian instrument that gained international fame in The Lord of the Rings soundtracks.
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Sounds of the Nightmare Machine
What happens when a horror movie composer and a guitar maker join forces? They create the world’s most disturbing musical instrument. Affectionately known as "The Apprehension Engine," this one-of-a-kind instrument was commissioned by movie composer Mark Korven. Korven wanted to create spooky noises in a more acoustic and original way—but the right instrument didn't exist. So his friend, guitar maker Tony Duggan-Smith, went deep into his workshop and assembled what has to be the spookiest instrument on Earth.
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New York City's Last Accordion Repairman
Alex Carozza has been building and repairing accordions in New York City since 1960. The last craftsman of his kind in the city, Alex is the living memory of a once vibrant musical culture that has all but disappeared from New York. This is the story of a true classic.
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5 Hours of Relaxing Hang Drum Music from Best Relaxing Music (instrumental background)
I just love the sound of the Hang Drum... thought I'd share this mix I stumbled across.
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The People Who Craft World-Class Steinway Pianos
“Pretty much every job there—from sweeping the floor all the way up to installing the soundboard or performing final tone regulation—requires attention to detail.” Photography by Christopher Payne, story by Jordan G. Teicher.
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The violin thief
Philip Johnson was a promising musical prodigy. Then he stole a teacher’s prized Stradivarius. By Geoff Edgers.
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Why Violins Have F-Holes: The Science & History of a Remarkable Renaissance Design
Before electronic amplification, instrument makers and musicians had to find newer and better ways to make themselves heard among ensembles and orchestras and above the din of crowds. By Josh Jones.
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