Man plays rare instrument from top of bell tower for 3 decades

A massive and rare instrument with 49 enormous bells — some weighing 3,400 pounds — is tucked away in a grand bell tower in ...
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MIT Researchers Recreate Ancient Musical Instruments to Bring Lost Sounds Back to Life

MIT researchers recreate ancient musical instruments using CT scans and 3D technology, allowing audiences to hear sounds from centuries ago.
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SD museum with rare instruments seeks $15M revamp

(AP) Grammy-winning fingerpicking guitarist Pat Donohue thinks a South Dakota college town of about 10,000 is an unlikely place for a wide-ranging collection of musical instruments that includes ...
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Can a violin be worth $30 million? Meet uOttawa's music prof playing the rare Stradivarius

Timothy Chooi is finding that his latest Stradivarius, a 311-year-old instrument estimated to be worth up to $30 million, makes his job easier. “It wants to make music,” said the University of Ottawa ...