The shell, which was from a conch, was thought to be an ancient ceremonial relic, but new research suggests that it may have been used as a horn, and at 17,000 years old, that would make it the ...

A mariner's astrolabe recovered from the wreck of one of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's ships is now officially the oldest known such artifact, according to a new paper in the International ...

Harmonia continues it look at musical instruments from the Middle Ages, Baroque oboist John Abberger talks about his chosen instrument, and Private Musicke performs music of Spanish Renaissance ...

Swedish electronics manufacturer Teenage Engineering has announced the release of the “world’s first medieval electronic instrument”, the EP-1320 Medieval. Dubbed a “first-of-its-kind medieval beat ...

This example was made by luthier Shem Mackey and is a copy of an 18th-century instrument in the V&A musical instrument collection. You can hear Clare and The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments ...

Gramophones on display at Siegfried's Mechanical Musical Instrument Museum. Rudesheim Tourist AG/Marlis-Steinmetz Tourists can only visit the museum on a guided tour, which takes about 45 minutes.