Ken Butler’s “hybrid instruments” - Axe, crossbow, and assault rifle violins? Shovel tablas, easel guitars, umbrella igils, and toothbrush violas? Oh my! Watch Ken put a mic in his mouth and play his entire face!

Instrument ridiculousness!

From Ganesh and Fingerworks.

ADACHI Tomomi, an accomplished musician and instrument inventor from Japan, invented this spectacle called the “tomoring.” Springs, bars, wires, and strings are mounted on an acrylic board to be joyfully plucked, bounced, pulled, flicked, scrubbed and otherwise manipulated in any way imaginable! This odd instrument is completely physical (not electronic) with only piezo [...]

The musician in the video is John Pascuzzi- the man behind a single thread.
The primary sound of “a single thread” comes from an instrument called an igil (ee-GIL), a 2-stringed Tuvan musical instrument, usually made from a solid piece of pine or larch, and played with a bow. The top of the sound box is [...]

The Hang (pronounced hong) is a type of percussion instrument similar to the steelpan. The hang was invented in Switzerland and there are only two makers in the world. To buy a hang, the prospective owner must compose a hand-written letter to the hang makers at PANArt, explaining their desire of ownership. [...]

Powered by three states of matter (excluding plasma), a violin (solid), a clarinet (gas), and a hydraulophone (liquid) come together to produce this unique version of “Summertime.” Steve Mann (center) is the inventor of the modern hydraulophone.