Any knowledgeable landscape artist or tile setter knows that any leftover rock or tile must be recycled into lithophones. No brainer right? Well, Tom of TinkerTunes.com did just that using some scraps of Indiana limestone and some leftover granite countertop.

Not only is Tom an instrepreneur, he is also a furniture maker and turns [...]

Congrats to Abram and pop, you guys deserve it! I’ll be sending the prizes your way.
And a HUGE thanks to all those who participated, I hope you guys keep us updated with any new musical instrument endeavors you may have in the future!
Poll Results:
Abram and Pop with “Three Guitars and a Bucket” - 112 [...]

Rarely does an instrument’s form match up with it’s sound as perfectly and whimsically as the daxophone’s. Invented by Hans Reichel of Germany, the daxophone is a friction idiophone who’s vibrating mechanism is an oddly but tactically shaped wooden tongue which is attached to a block of wood. The vibrations travel from the [...]

What’s more intimate than walking on the beach at sunset? Walking on the beach at sunset while listening to the sweet serenade of a wave-powered organ of course! and if you ever find yourself in San Francisco, Blackpool, or Zadar, I suggest you make a date to visit the local sea organ.
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Sweet! This project is totally doable with household materials (printer, paper, thicker paper, white glue, scissors, and a razor edge). Just print out these paper parts, fold, cut, glue, and after 3 hours (including drying time) you will have a playable train whistle. I used regular printer paper for the bellows and [...]

There is just something about pipe organs, especially the circus-sounding type, that really tickles me.