Upon discovering Gregg Miner's Museum of Vintage, Exotic and Just Plain Unusual Musical Instruments in Tarzana, Calif., a couple years ago, Weekend Edition essayist Tim Brookes saw something called a ...

Harpist Zachary Adinolfi has been busy. Playing the Irish harp for fun, professionally and in competition, he is also on top of keeping up with his schoolwork, because Zach is 12 years old. On Dec. 4, ...

A unique, free concert experience will be staged in central Iowa next week featuring what’s known as a long-string harp with strings that will extend across a downtown Des Moines street, from a ...

On Sunday, December 21, the Heart Strings harp circle will present a holiday concert at Wesley Methodist Church at Broadway ...

Three million people visit Mt. Laguna every year to camp, hike, or play in the snow, yet virtually none of them realize they have driven right by one of the most exclusive and renowned harp-string ...

Evonik Industries and the Chinese filament maker NTEC have jointly developed a monofilament designed for instrument strings. Based on Evonik’s nylon 6,12, the filament offers transparency for clarity ...

Ibanez and Steve Vai have just unveiled the instrument behind the guitar virtuoso’s upcoming track. Something out of a science-fiction novel, “The Hydra” is a triple neck instrument with a steampunk ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. String player William Close is one musician who likes to think big. Very big. Close plays his own invention, the earth harp, which uses ...

Andrea Brook's gigantic harp has played around the world, including India, Mexico, Bulgaria, Canada, Brazil and all around the U.S. This weekend, she brings the massive instrument to uptown ...

It’s going to sound heavenly in Orlando as the American Harp Society holds its annual conference here for the first time ever. From June 16-19 more than 300 harpists from around the world will gather ...