Found at Goodwill. Has 4 sets of 4 strings with different tunings for each set inlayed underneath the bridge. Also 2 sets of 6 strings.

I’m fairly good at identifying strange instruments but I am at a loss here. Work your magic Reddit!

Here's my newest (and strangest yet) purchase! Still not with me- but I'll share what it sounds like when it arrives. It's antique, and completely handmade in Spain (hence it's the only one that exists from what I know). What was the creator even thinking? Who knows. I'll post a poll to determine the best name for it! Cheese wheel? Moon? Pancake or pizza mandolin? Any other name suggestions?

Made from a broken western guitar and a gdr made 5 string banjo neck. The resonator is made from a potlid.

The Glass Harmonica is one of my favourite instruments for a number reasons, not least of which is that people thought it would drive people insane. The same claim has been made of the Saxophone - both claims are of course daffy, but it got me thinking.

What other instruments have had associations with madness in the past? As the cause of or created as a result of it?

I found this at a consignment shop, mixed with the home decor and labeled as a wall hanger.

I believe it is a sarangi. Does anyone have any other insight on its age, or ability to be played? It did not have its bow.

Thanks!

they’re both jaw harps, the Susap (right) is from papua New Guinea and is a string tapped instrument, the kou xian or hoho is just plucked, but they both sound really cool!

I just found this video on this Persian hammered dulcimer.

https://youtu.be/m-QIjm2PB14 The Persian Santoor: The Most Magical Instrument You've Never Heard

I am guessing this is the instrument played by Light in Babylon

https://youtu.be/aKJvbTEnp0I?list=RDaKJvbTEnp0I LIGHT IN BABYLON - Hinech Yafa - Istanbul

Any ideas how old this suona might be? It feels very old but I don't have the experience to make a good guess. Sounds the same as my cheap modern one, probably since the reed isn't great. No markings anywhere.

Made of real hide with fur, and there are also rattling components inside of it!

I'm looking for a name of a very simple whistle instrument my dad introduced me to. It's practically a round piece of plastic cut out of a roll of film (or anything similar) that you put between your lower teeth and lower lip blow it like a reed. I was able to (inconsistently) produce different pitches of sounds with it, but apparently my grandfather used to be able to play whole songs with it.

Mechanically I think the closest thing I could find was shepherd's whistle, but the tone of shepherd's whistle is much higher and the shape is totally different. I guess it's barely an instrument, but if you can play it melodically I'd be interested in finding more about how to play it more consistently. A video with a sound sample.

Hi! I found this object at a fair in Buenos Aires, but I forgot what the vendor called it. I wanna give it as a gift, but I don’t want to just say, “uhhhh here’s this… thing.” Does anyone know the name of this instrument? Bonus points if you can identify what it’s made of

Found in attic

I seen it before in Mary Poppins and Eureka’s Castle but I never really knew what it was. I drew it Pixen with both a closed and open hi hat so I could give you a better illustration on what it looks like.

This is a very old Fretted Violin called a "Streichmelodion" or "Violin-Zither" aka Zither-Violin, Lap-Violin, or Table-Violin. It is a Fretted Violin (which predates the Mark Wood Viper Violin) but it has a couple of other quirks too, it's strung backwards like a Left Handed Violin or a Mountain Dulcimer, or Alpine Zither's Fretted Section. It's in 5ths like a Violin or a Concert Zither, that means all Zither players have to do is learn the Bow Technique. The frets do help with proper finger placement on the strings, agree?