PBS

The Violin in the String Family of the Orchestra

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Composer Invented an Instrument, Called “The String Prison,” for Sequel

Hildur Gudnadóttir, who won the best score Oscar for 2019’s ‘Joker,’ returned for the follow-up film that sought to expand the “vocabulary of the string instruments” from the first film. By Nicole ...
Artnet

Researchers in Vietnam Discovered That Two Deer Antlers Languishing in Museum Storage Are Actually 2,000-Year-Old Musical Instruments

The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...
Mankato Free Press

Stringed artistry: Williams repairs, builds string instruments

Don’t fret. Benjamin Williams can repair that coveted string instrument for you. The gifted luthier, after years working out of his home, has settled in nicely to the Old Town neighborhood of Mankato.