Bazantar - Five String Double Bass
May 21, 2008
The bazantar is a custom made string instrument invented by musician Mark Deutsch, who worked on the design within 1993 and 1997 (US patent 5883318 issued March 16, 1999). The bazantar is a five string double bass with 29 sympathetic and 4 drone strings and has a melodic range of five octaves. It is…
Contrabass saxophone
May 21, 2008
The contrabass saxophone is one of the lowest-pitched members of the saxophone family. It is extremely large (twice the length of tubing of the baritone saxophone, with a bore twice as wide, standing 6 feet four inches tall, or 1.9 meters) and heavy (approximately 45 pounds, or 20.4 kilograms), and …
Balalaika!
May 21, 2008
The balalaika is a stringed instrument of Russian origin, with a characteristic triangular body and 3 strings (or sometimes 6, in pairs).Here is a video of a russian folk song played on two balalaikas - a bass and a prima.And here you can see, that balalikas are not only about folk songs.
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Resonant Chamber
May 21, 2008
This is just an amasing video by Animusic project. “Resonant Chamber” features a ton of steampunk strings combined in an amazing music machine.
[Source] Alexander Zakharov
Laser Harp
May 21, 2008
A laser harp is an electronic musical instrument consisting of several laser beams to be blocked, in analogy with the plucking of the strings of a harp, in order to produce sounds. It is famously used by Jean Michel Jarre in his concerts. The term “laser harp” and the first working laser harp were i…
Thumb piano!
May 21, 2008
In Zimbabwean music, the mbira is a musical instrument consisting of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached. It is often fitted into a deze that functions as a resonator. Mbira performances are usually accompanied by hosho. The Mbira is usually classified as part of the lame…
Visual Accoustic - java music machine.
May 21, 2008
VisualAccoustic - a wonderful Java Applet, which allows you to play several instruments including Piano, Strings, Flute, Bass, Harp, etc. by moving your mouse on the canvas. You control delay, volume and pitch, and the program does the harmony 
Combinations of low volume bass and flute or sax soun…
Ondes Martenot
May 21, 2008
The ondes Martenot (French for “Martenot waves”; additionally known as the ondium Martenot, Martenot and ondes musicales) is an early electronic musical instrument with a keyboard and slide, invented in 1928 by Maurice Martenot - a French cellist, a radio telegrapher during the first World War, and…
Sea Organ in Zadar, Croatia
May 21, 2008
The Sea organ is an architectural object located in Zadar, Croatia and an experimental musical instrument which plays music by way of sea waves and tubes located underneath a set of large marble steps. It is actually a water organ. The waves create somewhat random but harmonic sounds. The device was…
Dub Selector!
May 21, 2008
If you like dub - Infinite Wheel - Dub Selector is definitely a worthwhile flash game. It has 9 parts, all of them generate some dub and reggae tunes. I personally like vol. 3 and vol. 8 Burning Babylon. Takes some date to get used to, and sounds pretty well after a while. Enjoy 
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