LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Members of the international ALL FRETS organization visit Louisville for their annual convention, July 17th - 19th. Originally established in Chicago in 1957 as the Fretted ...

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN)-For 25 years, Kennedy Violins has been a staple for local musicians as the go-to place for stringed instruments. It is the largest violin shop in the entire Pacific Northwest and ...

How do you tune a ukulele? Whether you’re learning a new hobby and it’s your first time playing the ukulele or you’re an experienced musician, all stringed instruments go out of tune over time. To ...

• View this story alongside more photos, a slideshow and a video. When Frank Ford and Richard Johnston first met as college students back in the 1960s, introduced by a mutual friend, it was evident ...

BATTLE GROUND — One day in December 2016, during a rail journey into same northern Italian countryside where the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari made his stringed masterpieces, Mark and Sharon ...

In describing his diddley bows, doshpuluurs, and canjos, craftsman Scott Weir said no two instruments ever make the same sound. They’re all a little quirky, just like him. Weir began creating these ...

The SumUkes, a local ukulele playing group, in conjunction with Highside Brewery and Summit 50Plus is organizing a monthly event called the Summit String Jam, according to a news release. The jam is ...

Under the watchful eye of federal marshals, the Smithsonian permitted many millions of dollars worth of Stradivarius violins out of the vault and out on the town on Friday night, on behalf of the Year ...

At the tender age of 4, Michael Becker began playing the violin. He played in the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra while studying music at Drake University, and 21 years ago he and his wife started their ...

The joy of playing the guitar radiates from Really Good Rejects, Alice Gu’s SXSW documentary about Reuben Cox. Cox is a modern-day “luthier” – he makes stringed instruments, and his custom guitars ...

Not all stringed instruments are created equal. Solanco High School freshman Emelyn Hatch proved that with her grand champion science fair project, "Density and Decibels: The Effects of Soundboard ...