To create the signature sound of your rainmaker, fill each bamboo section with materials like small pebbles, dried beans, or ...

In a storybook workshop tucked away in downtown Colorado Springs, Juan Mijares transforms aged wood into instruments that will resonate through centuries. For nearly 40 years, this master luthier, as ...

Start your family band by crafting some awesome homemade instruments. Most of these are super easy to make, and kids will have a blast banging on a tin can drum, shaking DIY maracas, and making some ...

Dendê Macêdo plays a berimbau made from a broom, a bell, a coconut and a spring during a performance of his Recycled Sounds workshop at St. Edmond’s Home for Children. Dendê Macêdo drove his silver ...

Instruments from nearly 1,000 years ago have been recreated by students at a world-renowned music school here in Newark.

Jim Smit of Wabasha plays his handmade string bass inside the old Wabasha Middle School, surrounded by a variety of his other handmade instruments. Smit said some instruments take longer than others ...

Meet Raju, a master craftsman from Thrissur, and explore a version of mridangam and tabla making that blends centuries-old ...

LOWELL — Mariia Gorkun was training to become a professional violinist in the United States when she stumbled upon a closet full of old, donated instruments at her university. They were in “terrible ...

At one famous guitar shop in New York City, Carmine Street Guitars, some of the biggest names in the history of music have found treasures in the beautiful instruments crafted from the trashed wood of ...

The average American throws out almost 5 pounds of solid waste each day. One local musician aims to reduce waste by giving trash a second life. Dendê Macêdo plays a berimbau made from a broom, a bell, ...