The first electric guitar played in public. The first Hawaiian-made ukulele. Eric Clapton’s 1956 Fender Stratocaster, “Brownie,” which helped create his signature sound on classic songs like “Layla” ...

In April 1945, Madame Roos wrote a letter to French authorities describing her piano she was hoping to get back. Roos, who was 72, was Jewish and her piano had been stolen when Nazis emptied her ...

The Klavins Piano Model 370i is, according to Native Instruments, the world's biggest upright piano, and the company has sampled it up for a new Kontakt-powered instrument known as The Giant. Designed ...

This week, the soon-to-be-open Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in north Phoenix took delivery of the piano in which John Lennon of The Beatles composed “Imagine,” a tune that some people feel is the ...

A new stunning series of photos has shone a light on the remarkable interiors of a range of musical instruments. Images captured by Auckland-based photographer Charles Brooks show the hidden ...

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 ...

The number of stores dedicated to selling pianos is dwindling across the country as fewer people take up the instrument and those who do opt for a used piano or a less expensive electronic keyboard.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Music brings us together. You love that melody that makes you move or that one song that takes you back. In nine different locations across the city, people are living out memories ...

Ever wanted to own more than one instrument but don’t have the space? This Ukrainian band has managed to combine 20 instruments in one... Ukrainian band Brunettes Shoot Blondes have built a hybrid ...

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