Whether you’re looking for activities to do with your toddler on a rainy day or they simply need a diversion so you can get some work done around the house, making homemade instruments is the perfect ...

Learn how to make musical instruments with recycled materials using a metal washtub, the washboard, and playing spoons to make homegrown music. One way to save money and have a good time all at once ...

The Rated Red Crew steps into the meticulous world of old-school handmade instruments where craftsmanship still rules. Numerous aftershocks reported after massive magnitude 7.7 earthquake battered ...

[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 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string instrument ...

For nearly nine years, sound artist Ranjit Bhatnagar has produced a handmade instrument each day during the month of February. One of Ranjit Bhatnagar’s instruments (all photos by the author for ...

Gizmodo’s Human Generated is a series of profiles and interviews with some of the most inventive people working across tech, science, entertainment, and art. We go beyond the finished product to ...

Musicians have changed the sound landscape through their creativity and experimentation, from custom-made guitars and legendary drum machines to creative workshops and DIY electronics. These ...

In most instances, lifting art pieces out of their cases and taking them for a spin would be considered a crime. But that’s exactly the premise behind Wherligig’s upcoming show at the Carroll Arts ...

Hundreds of people of all ages gathered and danced Saturday on the lawn of the Jason Russell House, home to the Arlington Historical Society, as musicians played 1920s, ’30s and modern jug band music ...