This week CBS presents a radio play written around an instrument on which millions of small boys make the air horrible—a mouth organ. This harmonica is tootled with utmost purity by Larry Adler, at 27 ...

Regardless of what’s on stage, the Denfeld auditorium is a show of its own. And waiting in the wings of the historic space is an instrument that hasn’t been played in decades: a Kilgen organ. “So a ...

Dozens of instruments cluttered the floor of the cramped Schoenberg room, creating a carpet of wood, string and metal pieces. In the back corner, an intricate and large Japanese drum loomed over the ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) was ...

The Montreal-based filmmaker Stacey Tenenbaum‘s joyful film The Art of the Shine, which aired on PBS, took the director all over the world, from New York to Toronto, Paris to La Paz, Bolivia, to look ...

KEYS WEEK 2023: The organ might well be the most underrated of keyboards, at least in terms of the recognition it deserves for its impact in the music world. The sound of the organ has been ...

Hidden in an old converted warehouse in the West Seventh neighborhood of St. Paul is a pipe organ looking for a good home. It has about 900 pipes, a case made of American walnut, an African zebrawood ...