Recreating the forms and sounds of historical musical instruments

What if there were a way to create accurate replicas of ancient and historical instruments that could be played and heard?In ...
ZDNet

Researchers bring the sounds of ancient instruments back to life

Ever heard or heard of a salpinx, barbiton, aulos, or syrinx? Well, neither has anyone else, for centuries (at least heard them). Until now. Credit: Luca Petrella These ancient instruments were common ...
Princeton University

‘Musical Instruments, Sound, Perception and Creativity’

Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...
NPR

A music director goes public with a secret stash of private instruments

Crisp, warm, responsive. The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is on a journey to meet these benchmarks under the baton of music director Gianandrea Noseda. One of the ways in which he's shaping a new ...
The Conversation

You are living inside a massive, musical instrument – and here’s what it sounds like

Martin Archer does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Gizmodo

The bizarre musical instruments behind classic scifi movie sounds

Some of the strangest sounds in scifi movies and television come out of equally strange musical instruments. Here are three weird instruments you’ve probably never seen, but have almost definitely ...
Global Times

Signature sound of traditional musical instruments creates global appeal

As the animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 continues to sweep the box-office charts since the Spring Festival, its soundtrack, infused with traditional Chinese music, has also caught people off guard, ...