Steve Bockus used a Bunsen burner's blue flame to do battle with a stubborn, stainless-steel flute. • He lowered the woodwind instrument into the fire, then tested its keys. • Still stuck. So Bockus ...

The next Kontakt instrument in the Primaries series is a "full-spectrum collection of uniquely expressive woodwind articulations" that "captures the physical friction of the woodwind family" When you ...

A musician since his childhood in Germany, Friedrich von Huene mastered an array of other talents that he practiced in precise harmony while becoming one of the world’s most sought-after makers of ...

A British music education organization reports that use of recorders are declining in the classroom. We wonder: Why were they there to start with? And why is "Hot Cross Buns" such a banger? KUOW is ...

The renowned cornet and trumpet maker becomes part of John Packer Musical Instruments. John Packer Musical Instruments, one ...