The New York Times – Travel:
As a teenager, Ayoung An decided to become a violin maker. Her journey eventually took her to Cremona, Italy, a famed hub for masters like Antonio Stradivari.
Category: Musical Instruments
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‘The Tuba Thieves’ Review: The Real Meaning of Listening
The New York Times – Film:
In this film, the artist Alison O’Daniel uses the theft of tubas from Southern California high schools as a central hub in a wheel with many spokes.
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How Paul McCartney’s Lost Bass Guitar Was Found Five Decades Later
The New York Times – Music:
The Höfner violin bass that accompanied the Beatles to fame went missing more than 50 years ago. Two journalists and a Höfner expert were determined to find it.
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How Paul McCartney’s Lost Bass Guitar Was Found Five Decades Later
The New York Times – Music:
The Höfner violin bass that accompanied the Beatles to fame went missing more than 50 years ago. Two journalists and a Höfner expert were determined to find it.
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These Keyboard Musicians Are Thinking Beyond the Piano
The New York Times – Music:
Modern pianos are central to classical music. But some musicians are learning other keyboard instruments, and feel like better artists for it.
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I Started Playing My Sax Outdoors. Then the Fans Came.
The New York Times – Music:
When your rehearsal space is the bank of the Hudson, the audience is a bit unconventional.
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A 12,000-Year-Old Bird Call, Made of Bird Bones
The New York Times – Music:
A collection of small flutes carved from waterfowl bones may have been used as hunting aids, a new study suggests.
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Thomas Stacy, Master of the English Horn, Dies at 84
The New York Times – Music:
Through his decades with the New York Philharmonic and his busy touring schedule, he helped make an unfamiliar instrument much less so.
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David Lindley, ‘Musician’s Musician’ to the Rock Elite, Dies at 78
The New York Times – Music:
He worked with a wide range of luminaries, most notably Jackson Browne, and there was seemingly no stringed instrument he couldn’t play.