Continuing in my Chats with Cats articles I wanted to speak with an instrument maker. We often forget how important these artisans are to the tone and timbre of the music itself. Being a guitarist, I ...

Yamaha’s booth and stage at NAMM 2024 featured instruments, equipment and live performances Yamaha Corp. of America is turning up the music. The manufacturer, one of the largest makers of musical ...

The accordion is gaining worldwide popularity. Germany has declared it the instrument of the year for 2026. This versatile ...

Musical instruments maker Conn-Selmer Inc. told the state of Ohio that it has laid off 113 workers at its Eastlake operation indefinitely, a reflection of what the company called "diminished demand" ...

(CNN) — When you think of a guitar what comes to mind? Maybe it’s a simple maple acoustic, the kind played by countless singer-songwriters over the years, or perhaps a double-necked mahogany electric, ...

ROLI, which makes the Seaboard (new type of keyboard musical instrument), has acquired FXpansion, a maker of software instruments, for an undisclosed sum. London-based FXpansion already makes sounds ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...