FALLBROOKFALLBROOK — For hundreds of years, scientists and musicologist have puzzled over the secret behind the one-of-a-kind sound produced by 17th-century Stradivarius and Guarneri del Gesu violins.

A University of Wisconsin-Stout graduate recently showed six students how to build what he hopes will become family heirlooms. During the past 50 years, Kazukiyo “Jiggs” Kuboyama, a 1957 graduate in ...

What's That Building? The Factory Where Ukuleles And Lincoln Logs Were Made Built in 1904, the red brick factory building at 1750 N. Lawndale Avenue is where Lincoln Logs were made from the 1940s ...

A group of mostly-retired men on Western Australia's south coast is putting their hands to the ultimate test — building and playing their own ukuleles. Step inside the Albany men's shed on a Thursday ...

The ukulele, that four-stringed instrument that brings to mind kitschy Hawaiian grass-skirt performances and Tiny Tim, is suddenly hip. Greenawalt credits the ukulele’s increased following to ...

Hawaii’s ukulele sound is booming nationwide. The popularity of ukulele festivals and community play groups saw the National Association of Music Merchants recently report a 54 percent jump in ukulele ...