Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

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Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an ...

For Annika Socolofsky, the realms of art and science aren’t mutually exclusive. Socolofsky, assistant professor of composition and faculty coach for CU Boulder SoundWorks, has solid footing in both ...

Much has been written about the history of industrial design as it pertains to automobiles and objects of use. However, in some rare cases, industrial designers also ventured into musical instrument ...

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This article presents the challenges of instrumentation designs and the solutions of these challenges. The article will also presents some common characteristics for all instrumentation designs for ...