Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. How does a grand piano make such a beautiful sound? Piano technician Ara Vartoukian explains by pulling ...

Part of How To Classical. Why does the oboe tune the orchestra? Why does the orchestra sit the way it does? What does rosin actually do to a violin bow? If you find the traditions of the classical ...

Sarah Nicolls receives funding from Arts Council England currently (Grants for the Arts award) and has in the past received AHRC funding. The inside of a piano is a remarkable thing. A feat of ...

A few years ago Gibson began introducing some clever new technology to a select few guitars which automatically tuned the instrument and kept it there (seen most recently in the gorgeous Firebird X).

Playing string swapsies on instruments, to find out how it sounds. Ever wondered what would happen if you replaced an essential part of a perfectly fine instrument with something from another? Just ...

The piano is a bit of an oddball within the string instrument family. Apart from rarely seeing people carry one around on the bus or use its case to discretely conceal a Tommy Gun, the way the strings ...