Pyrophones, also known as explosion/fire organs, are musical instruments which are sounded by explosions, fire, rapid combustion, rapid heating, and other thermoacoustic devices. The combustion occurs inside of the actual resonance chamber (the pipe). Fire organs are said to have been around since the 1700s! Modern pyrophones are usually powered by propane [...]

To liven up the dull moments of living on the Antarctic ice, ANSMET scientists and engineers built a didgeridoo out of H2O and butter! Instead of the usual game of “counting the number of grains in a teaspoon of snow,” ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorites) pursued the mission of building a didgeridoo.

After several failed [...]

The Japanese magazine, Science for Adults (Otonanokagaku), has some absolutely astonishing musical instrument kits including this miniature pipe organ.

Songs are programmed into a paper card which controls the organ’s airflow as it is fed through the instrument. Extra punch cards can be downloaded and printed here and a video of “Amazing Grace” is watchable [...]

If there was such a thing as a portable grand piano, this would be it’s compliment:

From the October 1937 issue of Popular Science:
“Six persons can play simultaneously on a gigantic accordion exhibited [around 1937] in Germany. Over six feet high, the mammoth musical instrument has a keyboard covering more than ten octaves. Casters [...]

Oh my goodness, beat that! Flight of the Bumble Bee on the accordion (a free-reed aerophone and also known as a squeeze box!) by Alexander Dmitriev.

Songs played:
“1979″ -Smashing Pumpkins
“Annie Waits” -Ben Folds
Donnie Darko theme song
This aerophone was built using PVC pipe and a maple frame. You’d be surprised how many instruments can be made out of PVC pipe: didgeridoos, organs, hydraulophones, potato launchers, etc.
Tyler (the instruments creator) wants to sell his PVC aerophone. I’m not sure if he [...]