MORE UNIQUE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

JEW’S HARP

Jew’s Harp or Gewgaw is a lamellophone musical instrument that

belongs to the group known as plucked idiophones. It consists of

a flexible metal or bamboo tongue that is attached to a frame.

This tongue is placed in the mouth of the performer and is plucked

with the finger to produce a note.

WHEELHARP

The wheelharp is known to produce the rich sounds of many

stringed instruments at once. It is basically a keyboard that

controls 61 bowed strings, allowing a single musician to

sound like an actual orchestra.

HARDINGFELE

Also known as hardanger fiddle, hardingfele is a type of violin that

has twice as many strings as a normal violin and originated in Norway.

SINGING RINGING TREE

Designed by Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu, the Singing Ringing Tree

is a musical instrument that is made of steel pipes of various

lengths and orientations.

GAMELESTE

A custom instrument especially made for Bjork, gameleste is a hybrid

combination of a gamelan and celesta.

SHARPSICHORD

This musical instrument is a solar-powered music box that is also

known as “barrel harp.” It is basically a perforated cylinder that contains

11,520 holes into which a musician plugs pins to create melodies.

These cylinders rotate and the pins start to pluck strings, creating the sound.

HOLOPHONOR

Holophonor is a musical instrument and a hologram projector in one.

Previously a fictional instrument, it was turned into reality by Harrison

Krix when he converted an old clarinet by adding 54 LED lights.

Only a few people can play holophonors well.

HYDRAULOPHONE

This musical instrument is an organ that is powered by water.

It starts producing sound when the musician covers one or more of

the water jets, forcing the water through a calibrated pipe.