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The World's Weirdest Musical Instruments

From the astonishing to the completely pointless...

 

  • <object width= The Tenori-on was designed by Japanese artist Toshio Iwai and was unveiled in 2005. It consists of a screen of a sixteen by sixteen display of LED witches, any of which can be activated in a number of ways to create musical sounds. As the demonstration above shows, the results are jaw-dropping. " />
  • The Tenori-on was designed by Japanese artist Toshio Iwai and was unveiled in 2005. It consists of a screen of a sixteen by sixteen display of LED witches, any of which can be activated in a number of ways to create musical sounds. As the demonstration above shows, the results are jaw-dropping.

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Wednesday 11th March 2009 by | Photos by WENN.com / PR Photos

A collection of bizarre, astonishing and often pointless musical instruments. Ranging from a man who conducts electricity to make sounds to a mouth organ so small only a mouse could play it, there's a plethora of weirdness to be found...

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