The finalists for Georgia Tech’s annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition just dropped.

A treasure trove of unique musical instruments invented and built by pioneering composer Harry Partch between 1930 and 1972 were quietly returned to San Diego last week, ending a 33-year-long ...

Musical innovation and uniqueness is what tends to set great artists apart from their contemporaries. Especially when it comes to the use of creative, unorthodox, or perhaps odd, instruments. Or ...

I bought some of the weirdest musical instruments I could find on Amazon and put them all to the test. From strange designs ...

Last week, host Andrea Seabrook asked listeners to send in home recordings and photographs of their oddest musical instrument. The responses were eclectic, and some were indeed strange. Here is a ...

The Telharmonium was revealed to the world in the early 1900s. This extremely heavy (as in, around 210 tons) organ-like instrument utilized electromagnetic generators, which rotated to produce pulses ...

On this week's Rhythm Planet we check out the hang, the UFO Swiss take on the steel drum.

Popular kids' songs and themes on a huge variety of fun and weird musical instruments, and the results are hilarious, surprising, and sometimes oddly beautiful! From quirky percussion to strange ...