For many, the autoharp is remembered as the slightly geeky, easy-to-play instrument from grade-school music class, or as the accompaniment for folk and country singers in the late 1950s and '60s. It's ...

It's the sound that unites Orson Welles and PJ Harvey What is it? Well. A zither is technically any stringed instrument that has the feature of the strings not extending beyond the soundhole or ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Music from centuries-old folk songs and contemporary and classical tunes emanates ...

He had been an officer in the United States Army, a veterinarian who operated a zoo for jungle animals, and a professional luthier who hand-crafted his own instruments. But by his own admission, ...

GARDEN GROVE – You probably never heard of Ray Choi. He runs a little music shop in Garden Grove, where he sells an odd instrument with 37 strings. It looks like a zither, which is to say it resembles ...

Jemma Watton's all set for the festivities. Even the most talented autoharp player doesn't usually get much attention.The instrument itself seems unwilling to assert its identity - built to stand on ...

Are you a vocalist looking for the easiest instruments to play while singing? In the day and age of Youtube covers, singer-songwriters are forever on the lookout for instruments that can complement ...

MOUNT DORA — For Ruth Harnden, no musical note can what’s emitted from one of America’s earliest musical instruments — the mountain or Appalachian dulcimer. “It produces a sweet, easy, acoustic sound, ...

“… the land I hold so dear is my home where the mountain laurel blooms …” Where the Mountain Laurel Blooms by Bluegrass band Country Ham Along the gravel ...

Most buskers provide a soundtrack to the rush-hour commute playing a saxophone or guitar, but busker Darryl Minsky does it with an unusual instrument called an autoharp. The former computer consultant ...