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This Nintendo-Shaped Piano is the Embodiment of All Your Childhood Dreams
NES Piano - one lucky winner will win the Nintendo-shaped piano. Read on..
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This Nintendo-Shaped Piano is the Embodiment of All Your Childhood Dreams
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Iranian Designer Wins Award by Inventing Brand New Musical Instrument - The Celloridoo
By designing this peculiar musical instrument, an Iranian designer won a prize at the World’s largest design competition. The instrument is a combination of a bowed instrument resembling a cello and a wind instrument. And it sounds amazing!
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The World’s Largest Musical Instruments Ever Made
Although it’s unlikely you’ll come across many of these instruments in a symphony orchestra any time soon, let’s take a look at some of the world’s largest playable musical instruments. If you thought the contrabass or even double contrabass flute was low, check out our #6 on the list!
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Monad Creates Violin of the Future
Resembling something you may find at a comic book convention via cosplay attendees, the piezoelectric can appear to double as an archery weapon for players of any of the modern video games like World of Warcraft or taken from Legolas’ cadre of tools from Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
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Terje Isungset’s Incredible Ice Instruments
The festival is held annually in Geilo, a small town in Norway
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Terje Isungset’s Incredible Ice Instruments
Ice Music Festival Geilo bass made of ice
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Terje Isungset’s Incredible Ice Instruments
The coolest music in the world: world-renowned percussionist and ice-musician Terje Isungset creates incredible music on instruments carved from ice
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Is Seaboard Grand the Keyboard Of The Future?
A former student at London’s Royal College Of Arts, turned his fascination with design into a creation that will transform the way the piano is heard and played.
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Piano Of The Future Debuts in Hungary
While most of our current technology doesn’t resemble what we were told by creatives a few decades ago, one new innovation has been centuries in the making-the Boganyi piano.
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Octobasse @ Cité de la musique, Paris
If you want to hear this magnificent instrument in action, check out the video! It makes the double bass look like a tiny cello..
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CMUSE - Music News and Entertainment
The Acoustic Alarm – provides a more relaxing alternative to the everyday 'annoying' morning alarm. The soft acoustic sound wakes up its user in a more pleasant way. After tuning the strings with pegs similar to a violin, a single chord is strummed by an internal mechanism at the designated time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded=NMA1P-kNZ2I
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CMUSE - Music News and Entertainment
Do you know the story of Paganini's Shoe Violin? http://martinswanviolins.com/sales/paganinis-shoe-violin/ Photo via Martin Swan Violins
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Organ of Notre-Dame des Neiges, France - in the shape of a hand, the "hand of God". Designed by Jean Guillou in 1978, with modifications in 1987. Case Design by Jean Marol. Built by Detlef Kleuker. http://www.jean-guillou.org/alpe-d-huez-gb.html Thank you Marcus Wibberley for sharing with us!