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Medical 3-D imaging makes it possible to study the world’s greatest stringed instruments – and uncover the secrets of its makers
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Billie Holiday’s favorite musician, jazz great Lester “Prez” Young brought a hip, freewheeling sensibility to his saxophone playing
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Late in his career, jazz musician Benny Goodman favored a Parisian “licorice stick” as his instrument of choice
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Colombia Dispatch 7: Turning Guns into Guitars
Musician Cesar Lopez invented a new type of guitar, made from the shell of an automatic weapon
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Colombia Dispatch 6: Accordion Rock Stars in Valledupar
Andres ‘Turco’ Gil’s accordion academy trains young children in the music of vallenato, the folk music popular across Latin America
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A new Smithsonian Networks Film brings alive the upbeat music of Colombia’s cowboy country
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Composer Irving Berlin wrote scores of hits on his custom-built instrument
“You want the greatest guitar ever?” Dad asked
Endangered instruments tug one musician’s heartstrings
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When Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski toured America, he became a celebrity—and boosted Steinway
An endowment accompanying rare instruments lets them be heard in performances and on recordings
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The royal instrument is the most complex and powerful yet devised by the human mind
Sure the Piano-Violin Can Do Two Things At Once—But Can It Do Them Well?
Sure the piano-violin can do two things at once—but can it do them well?
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