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| Instrument |
Description |
| A HAPI Drum |
An easy to play melodic steel tongue drum, inspired by the Hang Drum |
| Aeolian
Wind Harp |
Played
by the wind; free of the touch of human hands |
| Amazing
Pencilina |
Collision
of dulcimer, bass, koto, slide guitar |
| Aquaggaswack |
29 hanging
pot lids, a gong tree with a wide sonic palette |
| Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall Organ |
World's largest and loudest musical instrument, 150 tons and 33,112 pipes |
| Balalaika |
3-string
folk instrument from Russia and the Ukraine |
| Bamboo
Saxophones |
Sax's
crafted by Ángel Sampedro del Rio |
| Bandura |
Ukrainian
Bandura by Dwight Newton |
| Bass
Stick |
A
"virtual instrument" from the minds of Animusic |
| Bazantar |
5-string
acoustic bass -- with an extra 33 strings |
| Beer
Bottle Organ |
Instead of pipes, this organ uses beer bottles |
| Bikelophone |
A
palette of sonic exploration, with a bicycle hub |
| Bonang |
Javanese
Gamelen instrument |
| Boobam
drums |
Tubular
drums made by Bill Loughborough |
| Bowafridgeaphone |
Iner Souster's collision of refrigerator grates, metal bowls, and strings |
| Bubble Organ |
Unique resonating organ, using balloons, bubbling water, PVC and imagination |
| Car Music Project |
Band that uses musical instruments created from a dismantled car |
| Celestial Harp |
A unique 72-string harp based on the circle, the square and the spiral |
| Ceramic
Musical Instruments |
Some
of Barry Hall's creations |
| Chrysalis |
Unique
instrument designed by Cris Forster |
| Cigar
Box Guitar |
Shane
Speal keeps the age old tradition alive |
| Circular
Harp |
The
Circular Harp |
| Clackamore |
Percussive and melody mouth
instrument |
| Contrabass
Sax in Eb |
Biggest
woodwind in the world, a monster |
| Cymbalom |
An old
hammered dulcimer with a new twist |
| Daxophone |
Hans Reichel's awesome & innovative musical invention, must hear it to believe it |
| Didgeridoo |
The
oldest wind instrument known to man |
| Didj-Bass Combo |
Custom made didgeridoo that wraps around NeaL Brooks' bass |
| Didjibodhrán |
Half
Didjeridu - Half Bodhrán |
| DIJBASS |
Andy
Graham's Electric bass didjeridu hybrid |
| Double
Violin |
Two
violins that share a common fingerboard |
| Due
Capi |
Two
headed wood & aluminum wind instrument |
| Dulcimer |
Stringed
instrument from the Appalachians |
| Electric
Bass Kalimba |
Catamaran
style electric bass kalimba |
| Electrified
Violoncello |
From
the hands of lutheir Dwight Newton, experimental electric cello |
| Electric
Harp Guitar |
Made
by Steve Klein for Michael Hedges |
| Electronic
Bagpipe |
An analog
electronic bagpipe instrument |
| Elemento |
Experimental
instruments from Elemento |
| Sandata
ng lolo ni tatay |
Experimental
instrument by Lirio Salvador |
| Planet
Stainless |
Experimental
instrument by Lirio Salvador |
| Sandat
3RB |
Experimental
instrument by Lirio Salvador |
| E-Sitar |
17-string
sitar neck on an electric guitar body, an electric sitar |
| Excedrin
Thumb Piano |
Tiny
Thumb Piano by Bob Collier |
| Fences |
Violinist
Jon Rose plays fences with his bow |
| Fiddle-dee-doo |
Globu-tubular
horn with goatskin resonator |
| Fire
Organ |
A thermoacoustically
controlled pyrophone organ |
| Fluba |
One
of a kind tuba-sized flugel horn |
| Former
Guitars |
Modified,
decontextulalized or completely new |
| Freenotes
Instruments |
Easy
to play Gamelan inspired instruments |
| From
Scratch |
A few
of the instruments of "From Scratch" |
| Gas
Tank Orchestra |
Yes,
the instruments are made of old gas tanks |
| Giant Tuba |
The giant tuba has over 34 feet of tubing and is nearly 8 feet tall |
| Glass
Armonica |
One
of Ben Franklin's favorite inventions |
| Gongs |
Gongs
made from found steel plates |
| Gravikord |
The
unique electro-acoustic double harp |
| Guitar
Bass |
10-string
Guitar / Bass instrument |
| Guitar
Machine |
Guitar,
bass, and more, played with the feet |
| Guitarangi
da Gamba |
30-string
guitar/sarangi/viola DA gamba thing |
| Guitarpsichord |
Part harpsichord, Part guitar, classical guitar strings played by a keyboard |
| Guitorgan |
Univox
"Effie" guitar infused with Organ parts |
| Hang (Hang Drum) |
Pronounced
like "Hung" or "Hong" the Hang is played with the Hands :) |
| Hank Drum |
Invented by Dennis Havlena, made from a propane tank, inspired by the Hang Drum |
| Harmonic
Generator |
64 strings, 32 spinning motors, a keyboard, and a lot of heavy metal |
| Harmonic
Guitars |
Experimental
guitar-like instruments |
| Harp
Guitar |
Part
guitar, part bass, part harp |
| Harp-Kora |
Double-sided
harp, strung and played like a Kora |
| Harp
Mandolins |
Honey,
I shrunk the guitars! |
| Harpouditar |
A
26-String Guitar / Oud / Zither |
| Hmong
Harp |
Double-tongued
ethereal brass mouth harp |
| Horns
by Tommy DOG |
Uncommon
horns made from common materials |
| Huaca |
Multi-chambered
pan-cultural clay vessel flute |
| Hybrid
Strings |
Hybrid
stringed instruments by artist Ken Butler |
| Imratgitar |
20-string
instrument combining guitar and sitar |
| Incantor |
Hand
art Incantor by Q. R. Ghazala |
| IT |
Experimental stringed instrument by Dana Flavin |
| 'Jomama |
A
fretless baritone 5-string banjo sculpture |
| Juggernaut (Washtub Bass) |
Unusual Washtub Bass instrument by Isaac Bassard |
| Kaisatsuko |
2-string unique oriental fiddle with Hurdy Gurdy-like hand crank |
| Kazoo |
The kazoo is a type of mirliton, which modifies the sound of a person's voice by way of a vibrating membrane. |
| Kestrel
920 |
Subharmonic
omnivibrational microtonal sound sculpture |
| Koralimba |
Kora
inspired double sided electric kalimba |
| Knutsen
instruments |
Some
rare creations of the late Chris Knutsen |
| LEGO
Harpsichord |
Harpsichord
made of over 100,000 LEGO's |
| LightHarp |
An
electronic Harp that uses lights and lasers to trace strings
through space for performers to play. |
| Lumberhorn |
An ugly Hillbilly bass evolves into to a less ugly one, and we love it |
| Madame
Chiouque |
6-string
hybrid that also produces sine waves |
| Maui Xaphoon and Pocket Sax |
Small portable, flute-like in appearance, sax-like in sound, pint sized powerhouse |
| Moodswinger |
Unique electric microtonal zither-like musical instrument |
| Multinecked
Guitars |
Creations
from spare guitar parts by Claudio Fritschi |
| Musical Saw |
The evolution of the wood cutting saw, turned into a musical instrument |
| Nano
Guitar |
World's
smallest guitar, the size of a human cell |
| Native
American Style Flute |
The
song flutes of the Native Americans |
| Nondo |
Steel
sheet strung lengthwise with music wire |
| Octavator |
Hybrid keyboard/stringed audio visual instrument |
| Optivideotone |
Optical Theremin that responds to videotape |
| Oracle |
A
24-string Harp-Sympitar |
| Palm Frond Stringed Instruments |
Unique stringed musical instruments made from Palm Fronds |
| Pikasso |
Four
necks. Two sound holes. Forty-two strings |
| Riday
T-91 Midi Controller |
Uses identical fingering patterns for all 12 scales |
| RingFlute |
Circular
flute invented by James Johnson |
| RidgeBow |
A
reeded mouthbow by Wayland Harman |
| Rocket
Launcher |
Electric stringed instrument made of junk |
| Rumitone |
A
tubular bell, sit-and-spin sculpture |
| Samchillian
Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeeeee |
MIDI
controller based on changes of pitch |
| Sarrusophone |
Gigantic
keyed brass wind instrument |
| Scrap
Arts Music |
Hyper-kinetic
scrap metal ensemble |
| Sea Organ |
The worlds first pipe organ that is played by the waves of the sea |
| Sequential Resonation Machine |
Simple and beautiful sequencer, using pipe resonance to produce pitch |
| Serpent |
Invented
in the 1500's, bizarre & snake-like |
| Serpentine
Bassoon |
electroacoustic double reed instrument that controls
effects machines and synthesizers |
| Seven
String Resonator |
Custom
resonator guitar with unique 7th bass note |
| Shakuhachi
Flute |
Endblown
Japanese bamboo pentatonic flute |
| Sheet
Metal Band |
Instruments
crafted out of sheet metal and scrap metal |
| Shruti Stick |
12 string creation inspired by the 22 note octave used in Indian music |
| Singing
Stones |
100
river rocks suspended by music wire from a wing-shaped
sound box |
| Skatar |
Guitar
and bass made out of a skateboard |
| Stalacpipe
Organ |
An
organ that plays 3 1/2 acres of stalactites |
| Stamenphone |
A
musical sculpture by Ela Lamblin |
| Steve
Wishnevsky Basses |
Custom
bass creations by Steve Wishnevsky |
| Stoessel-laute |
Part
Lute - Part Zither |
| StringStation |
40
strings of sonic wonder by Jim Bartz |
| Stroviols
Ukulele |
Mechanically
amplified string instrument |
| Surba-Half |
A
half-sized Surbahar, a brother of the sitar |
| Swagerty
Ukulele's |
Crazy
uke's from the late 1960's, surfs up dude! |
| Symphonic House |
Symphonic House explores the creation of architecture as a musical instrument |
| Symphonium |
Philippe
Bataille's crazy portable one man band |
| Theremin |
One
of the earliest electronic instruments |
| Theremin
Cello |
Extremely
rare instrument invented by Theremin |
| Tamburitza |
Fretted
steel stringed acoustic from SE Europe |
| Tannerin |
Best
described as a type of Slide Theremin |
| Trimeister |
Guitar,
mandolin and fiddle, all rolled into one |
| Triolin |
Bowed
instrument creation by Hal Rammel |
| Triple-neck
Guitar |
A
"virtual instrument" from the minds of Animusic |
| Trongos |
3
joined water drums of stainless steel & bronze |
| Trump
(Jaw Harp) |
One
of the most ancient musical instruments |
| Trylon |
Aluminum,
steel, brass, wood, amplified harp |
| Tsabouna |
Lively
sounding wind instrument from Greece |
| Uberorgan |
Several bus-size biomorphic balloons comprise this 15,000 organ |
| Uncello |
Just
like a cello, only completely different |
| Vienna Vegetable Orchestra |
A 10-member orchestra that plays instruments made out of fresh vegetables |
| Violimba |
Eerie
bowed instrument by David Bellinger |
| Waterphone |
Haunting
creation invented by Richard A. Waters |
| Weather Harp |
Wind operated, resonator harp, a product of its design and the wind |
| Windform |
A
20-foot long playable horn, built of leather |
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