"Ukelin" is one of the more common trade names of a type of stringed musical instrument marketed from the early 1920s until about 1965. Ukelins combine two sets of strings, one group of sixteen ...

The sound is “sweet” and “flexible,” according to Ken Slowik, the curator of musical instruments at the National Museum of American History. The violin—which came to the Smithsonian on ...

So, let's pack our bags as we travel around the globe to learn about musical instruments of the world. A sitar is a string instrument that comes from Northern India. It's quite a large instrument ...