With a variety of percussion instruments on either side of him, Brian Gardner places his hands on the congas and gets a beat going. Bum, bum-bum-bum-bum-bum. Bum, bum-bum-bum-bum-bum. Bum, bum-bum-bum ...

We all know the names of common musical instruments, but this list of 11 unusual musical instruments with weird names will show you that there are some out there you’ve never seen or heard about. As ...

Some instruments were just too big for the display cases, including a huge Taiko drum. Boxes are mounted on the wall from which visitors can choose samples of music featuring the instruments on ...

Haymes calls himself a “utility infielder” in Ramblin Jug Stompers, responsible for many of the unusual sounds that don’t come from the typical stringed instruments in acoustic bands. At the band’s ...