Magic Instruments co-founder and CEO Brian Fan knows the pain of learning new instruments. A Juilliard-trained pianist before starting his own company, he spent years trying to learn the guitar, only ...

Etc: Opening reception 5:30-8:30 p.m. May 25, features food and drinks, a live music demonstration, meet the artist and curator Old-school musicians put cigar boxes to work as acoustic resonators. Jug ...

Pary Flynn's cigar box guitar made from an old sycamore tree that was on the Faucek/McKee Farm in Edwardsville. The farm is currently being developed into commercial businesses across from the ...

An electric bass guitar built from 2,000 Lego bricks is the latest project from the musical craftsman known as Burls Art. And as with the creator's other unorthodox instrument builds, the bass ...

If you’re looking to unleash your creativity, or just trying to find an idea for your kid’s school project, take a look at our list of the 10 easiest musical instruments to make at home. Whether you ...

90% of people who try to learn guitar quit in the first year. So when Brian Fan wanted to start strumming out lullabies for his baby daughter, he reinvented the instrument itself. Suddenly, a single ...

The sound of a Harley-Davidson may be music to some riders’ ears, but now some old Harley parts are actually making music in the form of an electric guitar. Terry “Mojo” Johnson from the band The ...

WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING.

Learn how to make musical instruments with recycled materials using a metal washtub, the washboard, and playing spoons to make homegrown music. One way to save money and have a good time all at once ...

When master luthier John Monteleone begins work on a new guitar, he said the materials — thick boards of maple, spruce and exotic hardwood like Hawaiian koa and Brazilian rosewood — speak to him. “I ...