The Telharmonium was revealed to the world in the early 1900s. This extremely heavy (as in, around 210 tons) organ-like instrument utilized electromagnetic generators, which rotated to produce pulses ...

We’re willing to bet that there’s hardly anyone reading this who isn’t a fan of music in some shape or form. You might listen to music all day long at work or college. You might go singing karaoke or ...

BodyMouth answers the question: what if your whole body was a mouth? The instrument combines elements of dance, performance, and composition using a series of sensors attached that measure how various ...

Diego Stocco forged a niche for himself in the music world by creating sounds using custom-made instruments and unusual sources. His sonic palette includes sounds culled from sources as simple as sand ...

From contrabassoons to harmonicas, we take a look at some of the concertos for more unusual instruments to have found their ...

DULUTH -- Tim Kaiser started out playing the guitar, then made the illogical transition to playing the rotary phone. He also plays the rake, the snowmobile part and the talking teddy bear. How did he ...

DULUTH, Minn. — Tim Kaiser started out playing the guitar, then made the illogical transition to playing the rotary phone. He also plays the rake, the snowmobile part and the talking teddy bear. How ...

The Yuan is a controller that uses touch, brightness, and motion detection to manipulate sound. It’s centered around a bizarre pulley system that harnesses sensors built into the frames of four ...