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#musicalinstruments

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Chris Lemoine

Visited the Musée des Instruments de Musique in #Brussels. Badly lit, strangely curated, confusingly and sparingly signed, telegraphic explanatory labels generally placed in the shadows and beyond easy reading range - but a huge lot of fascinating, beautiful, surprising, rare, and unusual musical instruments. If you're in Brussels, don't miss this. #music #MIM #Bruxelles #Belgique #Belgium #museums #musicalinstruments #history #historyofmusic

a koto-like instrument from Ruanda, beautifully ornamented with vivid, painted flower motifs
a clay whistle in the shape of a bat or moth, from the times of the Aztec empire
a complicated, rare string instrument from old Europe with a beautifully carved head of a male human with tiny devil's horns
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Art History Animalia

For #NationalPeacockDay 🦚:
Taus (mayuri), India, c.1885
wood, parchment, metal, feathers
on display at The Met
“The name of this bowed instrument means #peacock , the bird associated with Saraswati, the goddess of music. Popular at 19th century courts, it derives its form from the dilruba, an instrument combining features of other Indian stringed instruments like the sarangi and the sitar.”
#BirdsInArt #MusicalInstruments

photo of object in display case at museum: peacock-shaped musical instrument decorated with real peacock tail feathers, side profile view
different angle view (quarter turn side profile) to see more of instrument
closeup of the peacock-shaped body of instrument
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Jon Hancock

Melodica take two.

The cheap and faulty model is going back for a refund, replaced by this rather better instrument. Decided to go for a known brand, made in Japan, instead of another dip into the vast ocean of all plastic, mainly identical Chinese offerings, which are very much built to a price. Of course, Suzuki will also be building to a price, but when you consider that the most expensive melodica (or melodion, as they confusingly call them) in their range sells for north of £1,000 it's clear that they don't let mass sales be the only factor.

A melodica (keyboard wind instrument) on a wooden cabinet in front of a window. It looks like a small piano keyboard, black and white keys in a black case with gold trim. A dark blue and fake brown leather carrying bag stands behind it. Outside, it is raining.
#Melodica#MusicalInstruments#Suzuki
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Jon Hancock

In an attempt to learn the basics of playing a keyboard instrument I have spent the princely sum of £14 on a plastic melodica. As you might expect, most of the options at this end of the scale are in garishly bright colours to appeal to children. Luckily, I was able to find this one which is made from a recycled 1970s bathroom suite.

Photograph of a cheap plastic melodica, a blown keyboard instrument, on a dark blue desk mat with various clutter around it. Don't judge, this is as uncluttered as my desk gets. The instrument has the usual white and black piano style keys. The body of the instrument is a dark avocado green on the back and sides, a lighter green on the top.
#Music#MusicalInstruments#Melodica
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Stefan Bohacek

Some interesting new instruments presented by the finalists of the 2025 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, including this one called Mulatar, which "combines elements of slide guitar, harp, and percussion into a single instrument.

Moving bridges allow musicians to adjust notes freely, while the harp section supports quick retuning, and the body functions as a drum."

youtube.com/watch?v=lvx2qxOPzH

Via synthtopia.com/content/2025/02

YouTubeMulatar Presentation for The Guthman CompetitionBy Rubi Mo
#music#MusicalInstruments#innovation
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