He designed the machine around several musical instruments, most prominently ... the floor of a room while painting, to make the white background. Really, there's too much to go into in one ...

A full-size grand piano has 52 white and 36 black keys. But what would happen if you took away all the accidentals? This curious Sinhakken model, spotted by a pianist at a Musical Instruments Fair in ...

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?