Engineers often have a strange nostalgic affinity for their instruments. Seasoned RF engineers who have worked in the field for many years frequently refer to their traditional instruments as “toys” ...

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 ...

The sound of the harpsichord – that genteel instrument that conjures up images of the powdered wigs and embroidered waistcoats of the Baroque era – hooked Karen Flint while studying organ at Oberlin ...