Unique Instruments in the World : Music is a part of almost everyone’s life, bringing joy and peace to many. Most people are aware of the regular instruments that are used in various compositions. But there are many instruments that not many people know exist. Here are the weirdest and most unusual instruments that have been invented in the world.
7. The Chrysalis: This string instrument was invented by Cris Forster. One day, Cris sat looking at an Aztec calender stone and thought to himself, “What if there were a musical instrument in the shape of a wheel? And what if this wheel had strings for spokes, could spin and when played, would sound like the wind?” This momentary thought led to the invention of a never seen or heard before instrument.
6. Janko Keyboard: This instrument was invented in 1882 and designed by Paul von Janko. The main aim of this instrument was to solve the limitation of a regular keyboard. The large scale geometry of the keys in a regular keyboard makes it harder to reach notes beyond the octave. But the Janko keyboard will allow the musician to touch notes beyond the ninth note of the scale with ease. This close arrangement of keys results in every chord and scale having the exact same shape.
5. Pikasso Guitar: This guitar was named after the cubist works of Painter Pablo Picasso. This unique instrument has four necks, two sound holes and 42 strings. It was originally built in 1984 for Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny.
4. Glass Armonica: In the mid-1700s Benjamin Fraklin served as a delegate for colonial America. He traveled to London and Paris on a regular basis there he attended a small gathering were amateur musicians came and sang with musical glasses.
Franklin was instantly inspired and he knew what his next invention would be. The glass armonica (the Italian word for harmony) in 1761. His invention took musical glasses to the next level with chords and lively melodies. Franklin worked with a glassblower in London and created a few dozen glass bowls. Each glass bowl is made of the right thickness for the right pitch without using water.
The bowls were attached together and a rod was passed through the center of all the bowls. The rod was attached to a spinning wheel that could be used with a foot pedal. With moistened fingers and a touch of the pedal creates melodic music better than the general musical glasses.
3. Sea Organ: After the second World War, Zadar in Croatia had suffered quite a bit. The city’s coast was in ruins and continuous efforts to reconstruct it left it looking like an unbroken plain looking wall. But architect Nikola Bašić came up with an innovative idea to turn the sea into a musician. He installed pipes under the promenade. Every time the waves come crashing into the wall it produces melodic sounds.
2. The Singing Ringing Tree: This innovative self-played instrument is in Pennine hill range in Lancashire England. It was designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu. The sculpture is made of galvanized steel mounted into a structure that looks like a tree. When the wind blows the pipe give out melodic sounds.
1. Singing Tesla Coil: This innovative instrument that adds a visual appeal to it as well. This instrument is a type of plasma speaker. The Tesla coils are used so they can be modified to produce musical tones. The sound is made by modulating the spark output.
