100 Eclectically Constructed Instruments

Banana Synths and Jelly Jammers are Wonky Music Makers

— June 5, 2012 — Unique
It is often said that a talented musician can compose beautiful music regardless of what noise maker they choose to play on and a series of eclectically constructed instruments prove that talent really does comes from within.

While it is certainly desirable to own the crème de la crème of one's music maker of choice, there is something to be said for someone who can use an everyday, household object to make a toe-tapping hit.

Fruits and vegetables are fast becoming common elements used not only for eating but also for playing music. Synthesizers made from bananas and ukeleles shaped like avocados are but two reasons why one should ignore the age-old adage of not playing with their food.

For those who believe food is meant to be on the table and not the pop charts, river-powered music players or ice-sculpted instruments in danger of melting at any moment may incite a desire to bust out some jams.






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Wacky Musical Mittens
Wacky Musical Mittens
Imaginary Marching Band Creates Traditional Sounds With Untraditional Means
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98
Jiving Jelly Instruments
Jiving Jelly Instruments
Bust a Move With the Playable Jell-O Piano
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97
Musical Jell-O Jams
Musical Jell-O Jams
‘Noisy Jelly' Takes Music to a Different Level as it Uses Food for
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96
Intricate Instrument Exhibits
Intricate Instrument Exhibits
Seb Leon's ‘Golden Horns' Installation is a Journe
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95
Music-Making Money Dispensers
Music-Making Money Dispensers
The Allora & Calzadilla Pipe Organ ATM is Practical Artwork
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94
DIY Electro-Laster Instruments
DIY Electro-Laster Instruments
The Mini IR Theremin Makes Music by a Simple Wave of the Hand
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93
Geeky Atomical Acoustics
Geeky Atomical Acoustics
Celentano Woodworks Atom Ukelele is Quirky and Perfect for Space Junkies
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92
Unpronounceable Instruments
Unpronounceable Instruments
Leonard Solomon's 'Oomphalapompatronium' is Part of His One-Man Show
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91
Tablet-Embedded Instruments
Tablet-Embedded Instruments
The iTar Turns You iPad into an Ultimate Musical Tool
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90
Interactive Cranial Instruments
Interactive Cranial Instruments
Touch-Sensitive MIDI Music Hats Are a Bizarre Way to Play Songs
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89
Optimus Prime Instruments
Optimus Prime Instruments
The Autobot Transformer Ukelele Pumps Out Cybertron-Approved Tunes
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88
Huge Glittered Instruments
Huge Glittered Instruments
Erin Lareau's Crystallized 10-Foot 'Les Paul' Guitar is Glamorous
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87
River-Powered Instruments
River-Powered Instruments
The Flow Floating Musical Watermill Runs on H20
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86
Retro Instruments for Modern Music
Retro Instruments for Modern Music
MP3 Stylophone
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85
Battle Bot Instruments
Battle Bot Instruments
The Roc 'em Soc 'em Ukulele Brings Music to an Old-School Toy
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84
Tech-Savvy '80s Instruments
Tech-Savvy '80s Instruments
The Vortex Keytar Puts a 21st Century Spin on Handheld Synth
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83
Playing Instruments Made of Ice
Playing Instruments Made of Ice
Geilo Ice Festival
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82
Appealing Fruit Instruments
Appealing Fruit Instruments
The Bananaphone Synthesizer is Ripe with Musical Capability
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81
Smartphone Wind Instruments
Smartphone Wind Instruments
The iMonica App Turns Your iPhone into a Harmonica
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80
Bamboo Instruments
Bamboo Instruments
Classical Flute-Playing by Maestro Hariprasad Chaurasia
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79
Personal Lazer Music
Personal Lazer Music
Beamz Music Performance System
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78
Charitable Kaleidoscopic Instruments
Charitable Kaleidoscopic Instruments
Flea x Damien Hirst Bass Guitar is Sold for a Great Cause
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77
Classic Arcade Instruments
Classic Arcade Instruments
The Pac Man Ukelele Takes a Bite Into the World of Music
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76
Feathery Guitar Feeders
Feathery Guitar Feeders
Artist Celeste Boursier-Mougenot Creates Music with Birds
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75
Instruments Made of Food
Instruments Made of Food
Ocarina
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74
Handheld Orchestras
Handheld Orchestras
The iPlay Lets You Play, Learn and Compose Your Own Music
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73
$18 Million Instruments
$18 Million Instruments
The Vieuxtemps Guarneri Violin is the World's Most Expensive Music Maker
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72
Epic Electronic Instruments
Epic Electronic Instruments
The Eigenharp Futuristically Consolidates Live Music
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Eco-Friendly Instruments
Eco-Friendly Instruments
Walden Pond Wood Piano
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70
Glamorous Gilded Guitars
Glamorous Gilded Guitars
The $1 Million GoldCaster Guitar Makes for Pricey Playing
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69
Playable Toy Block Instruments
Playable Toy Block Instruments
The Ross Crawford LEGO Ukelele is a Fully Functional Music Maker
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68
Robotic Music with Ping Pong Balls & Wine Glasses
Robotic Music with Ping Pong Balls & Wine Glasses
Absolut Quartet
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67
Repurposed Noise Makers
Repurposed Noise Makers
Trash Amps Turns Discarded Items into Speakers for Your MP3 Players
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66
Trees as Instruments
Trees as Instruments
Diego Stocco Makes Music From Branches, Trunks & Twigs
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65
Stormtrooper Instruments
Stormtrooper Instruments
Listen to the Loud Music of the Brasstrooper Helmet
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64
One String Guitars
One String Guitars
The Six String Sonics
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63
Pop-Up TV Instruments
Pop-Up TV Instruments
The Mediano is a Piano and TV Shelf Hybrid for Multimedia Fun
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62
Realistic Gamer Guitars
Realistic Gamer Guitars
Mad Catz Enhances Realism in Gaming Keyboards and Guitars for ‘Rock
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61
Geeky Virtual Instruments
Geeky Virtual Instruments
Forget Rock Band, Play the Polka on Accordion Hero!
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60
Tiny Toy Instruments
Tiny Toy Instruments
Beem Busts Out Tiny LEGO Synths and Mixers for ‘The Future' Album
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Smiley Musical Instruments
Smiley Musical Instruments
The Otamatone Electronic Instrument is Unbelievably Easy
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58
Air Piano
Air Piano
No Need to Touch Keys With Omer Yosha's Airpiano
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57
Autos as Instruments
Autos as Instruments
Julian Smith 'Techno Jeep' is the Best Video You'll Watch Today
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56
Resounding Instruments
Resounding Instruments
Rezon Acoustic Instrument Adapts to Future Musical Needs
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55
Raw Recycled Strummers
Raw Recycled Strummers
The Praxis Guitars Debuted During the Maker Faire 2011
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54
Flaming Instruments
Flaming Instruments
Man Plays Burning Piano
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Plastic Rockstar Guitars
Plastic Rockstar Guitars
Beatles Rock Band Guitars For Fans Old and Young
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Multi-Purpose Musical Instruments
Multi-Purpose Musical Instruments
The Transformer Grand Piano is a Dual-Purpose Design
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51
Gaudy Luxury Instruments
Gaudy Luxury Instruments
The Kuhn-Bosendorfer Piano
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50
Music from MacBooks and Salad Bowls
Music from MacBooks and Salad Bowls
The Stanford Laptop Orchestra
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49
Carrot Clarinets
Carrot Clarinets
Vegetable Instruments for DIY Eco-Friendly Music-Making
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48
Vibrantly Flowered Instruments
Vibrantly Flowered Instruments
Steinway Limited-Edition Lilly Pulitzer Piano
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47
Itty-Bitty Grand Pianos
Itty-Bitty Grand Pianos
The Schoenhut Pro Baby Grand Piano Fosters Baby Beethovens
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Cold-Resistant String Instruments
Cold-Resistant String Instruments
Yo-Yo Ma Will Play Carbon Fiber Cello for Inauguration
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Hourglass Instruments
Hourglass Instruments
The Gavair Semiacoustic Violin Revamps Traditionally Baroque Styles
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Musical Rulers
Musical Rulers
Dan Wieden Lets You Rock Out While Measuring Stuff
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Pure Gold Instruments
Pure Gold Instruments
Neko: The $24,000 Sound of Music
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Celebratory Iconic Instruments
Celebratory Iconic Instruments
The 50th Anniversay of Les Paul Standard Electric Guitars
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Intelligent Instruments
Intelligent Instruments
The Squidolin by Carlos R. Mendez Plays and Teaches
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Carbon Fiber Violins
Carbon Fiber Violins
Extreme Music Redefined by Luis & Clack's String Instruments
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Intuitive Instruments
Intuitive Instruments
The Digital DiGuitar Comes With no Strings Attached
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Touch-Screen Slider Pianos
Touch-Screen Slider Pianos
The iPiano Concept is a Dream For Apple Addicts
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Bottle Music Beats (SPONSORED)
Bottle Music Beats (SPONSORED)
The Streets Come Alive with Canned Tunes
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Stone Fruit Instruments
Stone Fruit Instruments
The Avocado Ukulele Will Put a Song in a Food Lover's Heart
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iPhone Wind Instruments
iPhone Wind Instruments
The iPhone Ocarina is the World's Most Expensive Ocarina
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Ultra High Tech Instruments
Ultra High Tech Instruments
Violins of the Future
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Wearable Instruments
Wearable Instruments
The T-Shirt Guitar Will Keep You Strummin' All Day Long
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Galactic Instruments
Galactic Instruments
The Millennium Falcon Guitar is Perfect for Star Wars Rockstars
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Instruments Made of Car Parts
Instruments Made of Car Parts
Car Music Project for Ford
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Ouija Board Instruments
Ouija Board Instruments
Haunted Musical Furniture
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Travel-Friendly Musical Instruments
Travel-Friendly Musical Instruments
The Foldable Electric Guitar
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Musical Junk
Musical Junk
Ugly Noisemakers
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Glowing Instrumental Lights
Glowing Instrumental Lights
Rich Roland's Neon Guitars are Super Cool
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Life-Size Toy Instruments
Life-Size Toy Instruments
The Lego Cello is a Realistic Replica and Can Even be Played
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Plush Musical Instruments
Plush Musical Instruments
'The Grateful Thread' Sells Crafted Rock & Roll Kitsch
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Weaponized Classical Instruments
Weaponized Classical Instruments
Maskull Lasserre's Six Shot Six String Combines With a Shotgun
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Illuminated Glamstruments
Illuminated Glamstruments
Gary Pons Etched Altuglass Pianos For Sheer Music Madness
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Smashable Musical Instruments
Smashable Musical Instruments
K's Japan Develops a Guitar to Destroy Guilt-Free
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Gas Mask Kazoos
Gas Mask Kazoos
Creepy and Downright Diabolical Music From The Chemical Wartet
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Mythical Video Game Instruments
Mythical Video Game Instruments
STL Ocarina Allows You to Get in Touch With Your Inner Zelda
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LED Laser Guitars
LED Laser Guitars
Ok Go Lit Up the Stage at 2009 Design Miami
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Interlocking Instruments
Interlocking Instruments
The Monday Morning Travel Guitar Hits a Note With Musicians Everywhere
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DIY Papercraft Instruments
DIY Papercraft Instruments
The PePaKuRa Papercraft Instruments Stun With Realism
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Eclectic Food Shaped Instruments
Eclectic Food Shaped Instruments
These Fruit-Shaped Instruments by Celentano Woodworks Rock
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Multi-Horned Instruments
Multi-Horned Instruments
The 5-Trumpet Harmonica By Hammacher Schlemmer
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Bizarre Body-Shaped Axes
Bizarre Body-Shaped Axes
The ‘Female Form 6 String Acoustic Guitar' is Curvy
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Water Instruments
Water Instruments
The Hydraulophone Uses Fluids to Make Music
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Shattered Tile Instruments
Shattered Tile Instruments
Crooked Moon Mosaics Makes 'Baby Sings the Blues' Guitar
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Custom Rock Band and Guitar Hero Instruments
Custom Rock Band and Guitar Hero Instruments
ArtGuitar Controllers
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Vegetable Orchestra Instruments
Vegetable Orchestra Instruments
Nan Weidong and Nan Weiping Present Food for the Ears
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Arachnid Six Strings
Arachnid Six Strings
The Spider Electric Guitars by Olaf Diegel are Wicked
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Couture Rock Instruments
Couture Rock Instruments
Chanel Guitar for Fashionista Musicians
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Scorpion-Shaped Guitars
Scorpion-Shaped Guitars
10 Artistic Axes
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Origami-Inspired Instruments
Origami-Inspired Instruments
Brian Chan's Folding Ukulele Kit is a Musical DIY Project
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Mutated Guitars
Mutated Guitars
Axes with Multiple Necks
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Exotic Guitars
Exotic Guitars
Peter McGilton's Extreme Series
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Musical Mammal Illustrations
Musical Mammal Illustrations
'Animal Music' by Redmer Hoekstra Features Instrumental Creatures
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Newspaper Instruments
Newspaper Instruments
Kyle Bean for Hermes UK 2010 Window Displays
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Musical Weapons
Musical Weapons
Wickedly Cool Instruments
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