Think you can name just about every musical instrument? Take a look at these obscure contraptions in our quiz to find out. Can you tell a celesta from a theremin? A sitar from an ocarina? Find out ...

1 / 10 | On June 28, 1846, Belgian musician Adolphe ___ obtained his patent for a new musical instrument he had invented. Though these instruments are made of brass, they are categorised as woodwind ...

Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...

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