If you’re looking to unleash your creativity, or just trying to find an idea for your kid’s school project, take a look at our list of the 10 easiest musical instruments to make at home. Whether you ...

[Josh] wrote in to tell us about an experimental instrument he’s been working on for a couple of months. We’re glad he did, because it’s a really cool project. It’s an organ that uses the principle of ...

Make a unique homemade instrument by following Wayne Erbsen’s homemade mandolin (or “hamdolin”) instructions using a ham can and inexpensive building materials. Before I explain the particulars on how ...

In describing his diddley bows, doshpuluurs, and canjos, craftsman Scott Weir said no two instruments ever make the same sound. They’re all a little quirky, just like him. Weir began creating these ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called UChicago Class Visits, spotlighting transformative classroom experiences and unique learning opportunities offered at UChicago. If you want to measure ...

Etc: Opening reception 5:30-8:30 p.m. May 25, features food and drinks, a live music demonstration, meet the artist and curator Old-school musicians put cigar boxes to work as acoustic resonators. Jug ...

Roque Baños breaks down how he made a house of horrors sing. By Aaron Couch In Don’t Breathe, a house is more than a home — it’s a musical instrument. “We started to have this crazy idea, ‘Why don’t ...

Music can come from surprising places—even zoo animal enclosures. One group of (human) performers is proving that you don’t even need conventional instruments to make melodies. The Vienna Vegetable ...

Critter & Guitari make some of the most unique synthesizers I’ve ever seen. They don’t just sound cool—they’re explicitly designed to be both familiar to experienced musicians and encourage people to ...

Before the members of Congolese music collective KOKOKO! take the stage at Washington, D.C.'s Rock & Roll Hotel, they slip into bright yellow jumpsuits. The fashion choice, they explain, has ...