Steve Hubback, a metalworker and sculptor out of Surrey, England, is the creator of these magnificent gongs and garden instruments. I especially like the hanging mobiles and huge, 1 meter gong in the pictures below.

The hubgong website has audio recordings and a very strange video which you should watch (7.8mb WMV). Thank you [...]

Daito Manabe is a programmer, artist, and designer who obviously isn’t afraid to experiment. From Daito’s website, “Yes. It is painful. but not as much as you think.”

Daito Manabe via Uncertain Times

Felice and the other cool people at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland have invited yours musically to host a vegetable instrument workshop, yes, a vegetable instrument workshop. The nonsense will take place on November 15th and if you’re around, I’d like to see you there! The Music & the Brain [...]

I’d like to warm things up here at the Oddstrument. Without further ado, may I present Stuart, an amazing musician and singer, playing his equally amazing Kazookeylele (a mini grand piano/ukulele/kazoo) vs. the WaldFlöte.

This crazy fellow lives in Edinburgh, UK.
The WaldFlöte is a computer controlled MIDI retrofit of a 1890’s era 16 foot pipe organ. [...]

Captivating body percussion from Body Rhythm Factory.