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.

India’s rich cultural heritage has given us some of the most amazing yet unique musical instruments. It is often said that when words fail, music speaks and these instruments are proof of that.

Wood is a common material in many Chinese musical instruments, but relatively few are classified as wooden under the system ...

From Stylophones to pool balls, the world of music is full of weird and strange instruments. Here are just a few. Brian Eno’s instrumental credits are worth a study in themselves, and these were ...

Bitch, devil’s fiddle, some traditional Polish folk instruments may have brow-raising names, but all of them have a unique and fascinating sound which lends Polish folk its inimitable cachet. Ligawka ...

From custom guitars to truly bizarre contraptions, these homemade musical instruments have unique DIY sounds that you’ll never hear anywhere else. From Bo Diddley to Björk, musicians have often ...

For the aficionado, these documents offer a little extra insight into the DNA of each unique musical instrument. Choir and Organ senior producer, Chris Taylor, in the studio Every organ is unique.