The theremin is a dual radio transmitter and receiver generates a static electro-magnetic field between the antenna and the loop, allowing the player to manipulate the field with their hands to alter the pitch produced. There are similar art installations like this one such as the Singing Ringing Tree that you can look up if you liked this one. It's actually for sale if you're a baller unlike me and need a lawn ornament. It's described as an 'acoustic pavilion designed to make audible the silent shifting patterns of the wind.' It's an aeolian harp that allows the wind to vibrate strings within the tubes to project the sound into the center where the listener is situated. The Aeolus, named after the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology, is shipped around the world for people to enjoy in various parks. Not all instruments in this list are designed for humans to play. Gorkem Sen, a musician out of Istanbul, invented the Yabahar as a completely new type of acoustic instrument.ДЄs pictured, you can bow the strings along the neck that pass vibrations down coiled springs on each leg that create an otherworldly listening experience, especially due to the echos and vibrations hitting the drum membranes and returning back up the springs. The designer Manzer obviously named this harp guitar based on its resemblance to the cubist paintings of Pablo Picasso, but it doesn't sound as crazy as it looks.Дespite the four necks, 42 strings, and two sound holes, it sounds quite normal (and even better in the hands of master guitarist Pat Metheny, for whom this weird instrument was created in 1984).

There is also the pyrophone which uses combustion and fire to pressurize the pipes, which is too dangerous to be recommended. The neat thing with these is people have already built them into hot tubs, called balnaphones. By blocking the holes with your fingers, you divert the water past the sound mechanism for that hole, allowing air to blow out at that specific pitch. Steven Mann invented this wet wonder in the 1980's to help people with visual impairments make music by using touch. As the name implies, instead of using pressurized air it uses a liquid such as water. If you know how a woodwind instrument works, like the various types of ocarinas or saxophones for instance, then you already understand the hydraulophone. We're sticking to the strange and unknown, no exceptions. We'll also be leaving out anything that's just a weird looking version of another common instrument. Now, there are some crazy choices we could include, like the bagpipes or accordion, but we're going to avoid anything that's popular enough that you've heard of it. Let's take a look at the strangest and most unusual instruments out there, in no particular order.

even ones with animals in them exist in the present, and that's not even counting the theoretical ones throughout history that got a little too bizarre.

Bass stringed instruments