Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever heard of a cigar box guitar? With its origins dating back to Civil War soldiers, these specialty instruments have ...

David Winston, who has a royal warrant for the restoration and conservation of pianos, is putting his entire collection of rare instruments up for sale. “I’ve been doing it for 50 years,” he says, ...

RetroFret, a music shop in Gowanus, Brooklyn specializing in “rare and bizarre instruments,” is a true discovery even before you enter the store. You’d never guess that the hodgepodge block Retrofret ...

Photographer Charles Brooks takes amazing photos of the insides of musical instruments including pianos, guitars, clarinets, and flutes. He reveals the hidden beauty inside rare musical instruments ...

Promising violinists can get their hands on a Stradivarius and other 18th century instruments through a lending program out of Chicago. A final note or notes this hour. (SOUNDBITE OF JOSHUA BROWN ...

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.