Inspired by the Basque stickdropping thread, Sorcha linked to a site with Basque instruments like the Txalaparta, that seem completely made up (though real). So, here are a few new instruments:


The blostophar - living horses turned upside down on a large rack, and coconut shells are played on the horses hooves. A Cossack instrument from the 18th century.


The Xloroplast - Plants genetically modified to produce different sounds when pulled out of the ground, and amplified by a speaker system. Most Famous Work: Beets in G.


Dranozeph - first pioneered by George Martin, the Dranozeph is a piano like instrument that, when the keys are pressed, releases snippets of George W. Bush malapropisms in reverse, thus improving the intelligibility of his remarks.


And so on.....yours, Peter T.