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Inimitable Instruments




Stay tuned across the month as Clash investigates some of these unique musicians and instruments.

General 11/09/11

The Oramics Machine - Created By Daphne Oram

One of the first ever synthezisers, with which the first lady of electronics turned shapes into sound.

General 07/11/11

Bjork’s ‘Biophilia’

And why she no longer needs to thread a needle with an ocean

Cybraphon - Created By FOUND

General 21/11/11

Cybraphon - Created By FOUND

A fame-obsessed Victorian musical robot with an ego bigger than its Twitter account

Thomas Truax with Mother Superior by Johnny Moto

General 14/11/11

The Mother Superior - Created By Thomas Truax

A celebrity mechanical drummer that never turns up late…or wasted

The Sharpsichord - Created By Henry Dagg

General 23/11/11

The Sharpsichord - Created By Henry Dagg

A massive solar powered music box with 11,520 holes…and no home

The Great Stalacpipe Organ - Created By Leyland W. Sprinkle

General 16/11/11

The Great Stalacpipe Organ - Created By Leyland W. Sprinkle

A tuned mechanical cave developed by a ’50s Pentagon programmer

General 28/11/11

The Chopper - Created By Micachu

Like a hurdy-gurdy but made out of CD rack - by a plumber

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