Wood is a common material in many Chinese musical instruments, but relatively few are classified as wooden under the system that assigns instruments to one of eight categories, the bayin.

Musical innovation and uniqueness is what tends to set great artists apart from their contemporaries. Especially when it comes to the use of creative, unorthodox, or perhaps odd, instruments.

Bitch, devil’s fiddle, some traditional Polish folk instruments may have brow-raising names, but all of them have a unique and fascinating sound which lends Polish folk its inimitable cachet. Ligawka ...

For the aficionado, these documents offer a little extra insight into the DNA of each unique musical instrument. Choir and Organ senior producer, Chris Taylor, in the studio Every organ is unique.

Jill Schildhouse The Musical Instrument Museum ... Meanwhile, the Geographic Galleries house a unique collection of instruments from regions around the world, including Africa, the Middle East ...

Narrator: And an interest in musical instruments, that will last a lifetime. Musical Storyland is a unique resource, created with the educational value to children at its heart. Each film comes ...

But Rishiraj Kulkarni has spent close to a decade seeking out such sounds, recording them and finding the right instruments to play them. This weekend, he will bring a compilation of this music to ...