Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and the passage of time. While some vanished completely, others survived by the ...

This paper is concerned with the musical instruments of Joseph Haydn's time—his early experiences with the instruments and his use of them. Sections are devoted to keyboards, instrumentation of the ...

What's 300 years old, made of wood and easily outperforms most mutual funds? A Stradivarius violin. Or an antique guitar or mandolin, for that matter. A growing group of investors is viewing music—as ...