Sound

“My craft is about using beatbox to build a bridge to the natural world,” says Ben Mirin, a world-traveling field ornithologist who mixes his passion for beats with his beatboxing ability to create music.

Each piano sounds different, based on the wood its made of, the way its strung, even the “heaviness” of its hammers. Scientists at NYU want to understand those minute differences, and where different sounds come from in a piano. So they’ve started an incredible recording project.

Each piano sounds different, based on the wood its made of, the way its strung, even the “heaviness” of its hammers. Scientists at NYU want to understand those minute differences, and where different sounds come from in a piano. So they’ve started an incredible recording project.

Belgian Adolphe Sax invented a number of musical instruments, though none has had quite the impact of the saxophone. When a listener to PRI’s The World asked us to dive into Sax’s story, Clark Boyd took the challenge.