Upon discovering Gregg Miner's Museum of Vintage, Exotic and Just Plain Unusual Musical Instruments in Tarzana, Calif., a couple years ago, Weekend Edition essayist Tim Brookes saw something called a ...

Four years ago, Andrew Kasab brought home a pair of cheap acoustic guitars. In fact, one was so damaged that it was freea gift from Music & Arts, the instrument retail store where Kasab has taught ...

FITCHBURG — Eddy Troxler’s recently acquired Gibson Style U harp guitar was built in 1918, the same year Daylight Saving Time was enacted by the federal government. Troxler, owner of Eddy’s Music on ...

The harp guitar looks like something from the Museum of Odd Medieval Instruments as envisioned by Dr. Seuss. But Portland, Ore., musician Mike Doolin, who makes and plays it, says the device from an ...

Some people make music. Some, such as, Rolf Nesse and Anthony Powell, take it even further. They design and construct the actual musical instruments. Powell builds mandolins, guitars and harp guitars.

ANDOVER | The girls had just finished jamming to Led Zeppelin's song "Going to California." But Zeppelin fans might have had a hard time recognizing it on a first listen. The song sounds a little ...