MORE UNIQUE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Added on: 29th Apr 2015
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.
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