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A Pair Of Deer Antlers Were Excavated During The 1990s, But Researchers Only Recently Realized These Artifacts Were Actually 2,000-Year-Old Stringed Musical Instruments
They are at least 2,000 years old and date back to the pre-Óc ... they examined the antlers and determined that they were single-stringed musical instruments called chordophones.
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Strumming to its own beat: Gryphon Stringed Instruments goes gold
“I was startled to find somebody who knew so much about old instruments ... luthier business they founded in 1969, Gryphon Stringed Instruments, has expanded into a flourishing repair shop ...
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: African spirit and culture shaped American music and instruments
Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...
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In the right hands, old instruments bring new life to American music
On Wednesday night at the Library of Congress, the opportunity to hear some of history’s most finely crafted instruments doubled as a chance to hear one of the top string quartets of today.
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Frank Ford, co-founder of Gryphon Stringed Instruments, dies
Photo courtesy Michael Simmons. Frank Ford, the co-founder of Gryphon Stringed Instruments and a beloved member of the Palo Alto musicians’ community, died after a brief illness on Sunday ...