"Ukelin" is one of the more common trade names of a type of stringed musical instrument marketed from ... A patent for this instrument (Patent #1,579,780) was filed December 3, 1923, and awarded April ...

A year ago, researchers realized that the ancient antlers were actually stringed musical instruments, making them the earliest known devices used for music in the region. The antlers are 13.7 ...

The sound is “sweet” and “flexible,” according to Ken Slowik, the curator of musical instruments at the National Museum of American History. The violin—which came to the Smithsonian on ...