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 ...

In the early years of electrification, when electricity was beginning to shape the modern world, this new technology was being put to use in many more places than turning motors and providing lighting ...

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The exhibition features instruments played by the likes of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Prince and Patti Smith, but the electric guitar is the star of this show. Don Felder playing the white double-neck ...