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10 talks that involve highly unusual instruments10 talks that involve highly unusual instruments

Posted By Liz Jacobs

Music comes in all shapes and sizes, as these talks illustrate. From an electric drum suit called “thunderwear” to an ancient stringed wheel to an arresting rare organ, the instruments featured in these talks reshape our soundscape and offer inspiration in the cacophonous world around us. David Holt plays mountain music In this amiable talk […]

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TED Fellow helped Björk create 30-foot harp for Biophilia tourTED Fellow helped Björk create 30-foot harp for Biophilia tour

Posted By Kate Torgovnick

Björk commissioned some truly unusual instruments for her Biophilia tour, which is headed to Paris next in 2013. The Icelandic songstress, who revealed her favorite TED Talks earlier this month, shares the stage with a sharpsicord, a gameleste and a musical Tesla coil. But perhaps the most dramatic instrument is a gravity harp, which stands 30-feet […]