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Musical instruments that nearly disappeared from history

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...
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Spartan Instruments in Lowell, Mass., makes, repairs, and re-creates ancient Greek instruments

ANCIENT GREECE. >> SPARTAN INSTRUMENTS IS OVERFLOWING. IT IS ALL THE HANDIWORK OF CHRIS. >> THIS IS A GREEK INSTRUMENT. I AM DOING A TOTAL RESTORATION. >> THE REPAIRS AND RESTORE STRING INSTRUMENTS IN ...
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Antler ‘forgotten’ in museum storage was rare 2,000-year-old instrument, experts say

Two antlers sat tucked away in museum storage for decades before researchers realized they had their hands on something rare. The antlers were, in fact, ancient string instruments, and are likely ...
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'Pushing the boundaries': all-female string quartet Red Chamber brings passion to ancient instruments

KALAMAZOO -- Red is a color of boldness and excitement, which is exactly what patrons of Sunday's Kalamazoo College performance of the innovative Red Chamber, an all-female Chinese string quartet, ...
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Spartan Instruments in Lowell, Mass., makes, repairs, and re-creates ancient Greek instruments

THROUGH HIS WORK, HE HAS RE-CREATED THE SOUNDS OF -- [INDISCERNIBLE] >> SPARTAN INSTRUMENTS IN LOWELL IS OVERFLOWING. >> I AM IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A TOTAL RESTORATION. >> HE REPAIRS AND RESTORES ...