This is a list of instrument builders, inventors, and performers. This list features inventors working from after 1900 till now. 
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=====A =====
[[Laurie Anderson]]- Sculptor, musician, and instrument inventor, known for the [[Tape-Bow Violin]].\\ 
[[Mark Applebaum]]- Maker of many unusual instruments to suit his composition needs, often using [[electromechanical]] means.\\ 
[[Ricardo Arias]]- mysterious instrument maker featured on oddstrument, known for The Balloon Kit.\\ 
[[Enrico Ascoli]] – sound a food \\
[[Tarek Atoui]]- Builds electromechanical sculptures that are self playing and presented in large groupings as soundscapes.\\

=====B =====
[[P. D. Q. Bach]]- Eccentric composer and inventor of the [[tromboon]]\\ 
[[Baschet Brothers]]- Bernard Baschet and François Baschet known for inventing many instruments notably the [[Cristal Baschet]]\\
[[Pierre Bastien]]- Acoustic instrument builder\\
[[Jeremy Bell]]- Inventor of the The [[ScrubBoard]] an electric tape "turntable" that can do audio manipulation similar to scratching a vinyl record.\\ 
[[Anthony Belvado]]- A San Carlos Apache who makes Tsii”edo’a’tl (also known as Apache Fiddles).\\
[[Experimental Gamelan|Barbara Benary]]- Builder of the [[Experimental Gamelan|Experimental Gamelan Son of Lion]].\\
[[John Berndt]]- collaborator with [[Neil Feather]] and experimental music host in Baltimore, who influenced a number of makers.\\
[[The Blueman group]]\\  
[[Harald Bode]]- Inventor of many electronic instruments for companies such as [[Hohner Instruments|Hohner]]\\ 
[[Denis Bouchard]]- \\
[[Nicolas Bras]]- prolific maker of experimental percussion instruments built from household materials. \\
[[Giles Brindley]]- Unusual inventor and scientist, invented the [[Logical Bassoon]]\\
[[Don Buchla]]- Early pioneer of [[sound synthesizers]] inventor of the Buchla Synthesizer\\
[[Ken Butler]]- Featured in [[EMI]], and winner of the 2016 [[Guthman competition]].\\ 
[[Caleb Byerly]]- \\

=====C =====
[[Roberto Velázquez Cabrera]]- Researches and recreates high fidelity Precolombian flutes\\ 
[[John Cage]]- Prolific proponent of [[prepared instruments]], and [[found objects]].\\ 
[[Hugh le Caine]]- \\
[[John H. Chalmers]]- known for his microtonal music analysis, he worked out divisions of the tetrachord.\\
[[Wendy Chambers]]- inventor of the Car Horn Organ \\
[[Chase Coley]]- Instrument maker who has many variations on the [[Waterphone]]\\
[[Dan Conrad]]- Instrument builder featured on oddstruments, builds instruments with unusual acoustic phenomenon, little info on him online.\\ 
[[Pierre-Jean Croset]]- inventor of the 18 string Lyra \\

=====D =====
[[Philip Dadson]]- \\
[[Ivor Darreg]]- Coined the word [[Xenharmonic]], frequent contributer to [[EMI]] magazine \\ 
[[John Calhoun Deagan]]- of the [[Deagan Instruments|Deagan Percussion Company]] fame.\\
[[Erin Demastes]]- [[electromechanical]] instrument maker who often uses household objects and sounds. \\
[[Constance Demby]]- Experimental Musician and inventor of the [[Space Bass]] and [[Whale Sail]]\\
[[Diana Deutsch]]- Psychologist who focuses on the psychology of music.\\ 
[[Paul Dresher Ensemble]]- \\
[[Tony Duggan-Smith]]- Builder of the [[Apprehension Engine]]\\

=====E =====
[[Alice Eldridge]]- [[electromechanical]] musical instrument maker- \\

=====F =====
[[Neil Feather]]- Builder of a very diverse set of instruments.\\ 
[[Alex Ferris]]- Builder of the [[Anarchestra]]\\
[[Lucky Dragons|Luke Fischbeck]]- Collaborates with [[Lucky Dragons|Sarah Rara]] on the project [[Lucky Dragons]].\\
[[Daniel Fishkin]]- Builds various [[Daxophone]] relatives. \\
[[Fluorophone]]- An ensemble that works with unusual percussion that often have elements of light production as well as sound. \\
[[Les Fo'plafonds]]- A French percussion ensemble that builds their own unique instruments. \\
[[Cris Forster]]- Builds complex just intonation instruments and works on a project called [[Musical Mathematics]] and the [[Chrysalis Project]]\\
[[Ellen Fullman]]- Inventor of the [[Long-String Instrument]]\\ 

=====G =====
[[Victor Gama]]- Makes acoustic instruments\\
[[Reed Ghazala]]- Inventor of circuit bent instruments.\\ 
[[Gijs Gieskes]]- [[electromechanical]] instrument maker. \\ 
[[Jonathan Glasier]]- builder of the Pentaphone. \\
[[Marco Antônio Guimarães]]- Prolific instrument builder and inventor for [[Uakti]]\\ 
[[Kraig Grady]]- Builder of [[Experimental Gamelan]] inspired microtonal instruments that are used to play a unique style of music that of a conculture called [[Anaphoria]].\\
[[Garry Greenwood]]- Leather artist who makes musical instruments out of leather.\\

=====H =====
[[Barry Hall]]- Ceramic musical instrument maker known for his globular horns.\\ 
[[Laurens Hammond]]- Inventor of the [[Hammond Organ]]. \\
[[Lou Harrison]]- Builder and composer for [[Experimental Gamelan]] instruments.\\
[[Dennis Havlena]]- At home DIY instrument builder known for his innovative guides to building cheap instrument.\\
[[Colin Hinz]]- mysterious instrument maker mentioned on oddstruments and emi with little trace left online.\\ 
[[Robert Hope-Jones]]- Inventor of the Theater Organ. \\
[[Jan Heinke]]- Inventor of the [[Stahlcello]] and member of the [[Stahlquartett]], which are based off of the instruments invented by [[Robert Rutman]].\\
[[Bart Hopkin]]- Prolific inventor of instruments mainly experimental [[Kalimbas]],essayist on experimental musical instruments, and publisher and editor of [[EMI]] magazine.\\  
[[Sonambule|Max Hoton]]- along with [[Sonambule|Vincent Martial]] are the duo who make up the group [[sonambule]].\\
[[Carleen Hutchins]]- Creator of the [[Violin Octet]].\\

=====I =====

=====J =====
[[Steven Jobe]]- Makes instruments inspired by the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch he creates fantastical versions of medieval instruments.\\
[[Michael Johnsen]]-circuit bender and analog synth maker who is known for his very outsider philosophy to music, featured on oddstruments.\\ 
[[Spike Jones]]- Notable found objects musician used things pots & pans & duck calls in innovative ways.\\
[[Liburn Jupolli]]- Microtonal musical instrument maker \\
[[Stanley Jungleib]]- Writer and philosopher about the need to remove hardware and software requirements for electronic instruments, calling for music to be able to be made on many devices we use today.\\
[[Frédéric Le Junter]]- \\ 

=====K =====
[[Ned Kahn]]- Sculptor who makes interactive sculptures that are often instruments or that have sound components.\\
[[Chris Kallmyer]]- Los Angeles sound artist who makes large sculptures and installations that are played by multiple people.\\
[[Georges Frédéric Eugène Kastner]]- Inventor of the [[pyrophone]]\\
[[Palmer Keen]]- \\
[[Walter Kitundu]]- Inventor of a number of expanded record players called [[Phonoharps]]\\ 
[[Ron Konzak]]- Inventor of the [[Puget Sound Wind Harp]]. \\

=====L =====
[[Yuri Landman]]- Experimental guitar maker and innovator known for the [[moodswinger]]\\ 
[[Eric Leonardson]]- makes instruments from large coiled springs, featured on oddstruments. \\
[[Hakan Lidbo]]- Eccentric Swedish electronic instrument maker who makes instrument sculptures. \\
[[Ken Lovelett]]- Makes experimental drums \\
[[Xavi Lozano]]- maker of comical instruments, part of a group called [[Atrapasons]].\\
[[René Lussier]]- \\ 

=====M =====
[[Thierry Madiot]]- Creates instruments that generate 'sound massages'. \\
[[Maurice Martenot]]- Inventor of the [[Ondes Martenot]].\\ 
[[Sonambule|Vincent Martial]]- along with [[Sonambule|Max Hoton]] make up the group called [[Sonambule]].\\
[[Léo Maurel]]- experimental hurdy gurdy maker with a number of unique variations on the instrument. \\
[[Henry Charles Marx]]- Inventor of many instruments including the Marxophone and the Marxolin. \\
[[Emma-Kate Matthews]]- Acoustic architect making building sized instruments.\\ 
[[Martin Molin]] Along with Marcus Sjöberg are members of the band [[Wintergaten]].\\ 
[[Bob Moog]]- of [[Sound Synthesizers|Moog Keyboard]] fame.\\
[[Moondog]]- Famous idiosyncratic, eccentric, and autodidactic musician and instrument maker from New York.\\ 
[[Dennis Murphy]]- Builder of homemade [[Experimental Gamelan]] instruments, credited with being the first in the united states.\\ 

=====N =====
[[Terumi Narushima]]- Also involved in the [[Anaporia]] project.\\ 
[[Koka Nikoladze]]- [[electromechanical]] instrument maker.\\
[[Tom Nunn]]- A powerhouse inventor of the [[Crustacean]] a waterphone like instrument, Skatchboxes that are combed plus many more.\\

=====O =====
[[Tim Olsen]]- Featured in EMI 2-2
[[Yuichi Onoue]]- Creator of the [[Kaisatsuko]] a kind of hurdy-gurdy-shamisen hybrid instrument.\\
[[Daphne Oram]]- Early pioneer of [[Musique Concrète]] and inventor of the [[Oramics]] technique\\

=====P =====
[[Nam June Paik]]- \\
[[Harry Partch]]- Founder and maker of the instruments in the [[Partch Ensemble]] and innovator of [[microtonal music]]\\ 
[[Tristan Perich]]- Composer and sculptor, creator of the [[1bit symphony|1-Bit Symphony]].\\
[[Tony Pizzo]]- Musical instrument writer who writes about experimental musical instruments. Featured in EMI.\\ 
[[Linsey Pollak]]- \\
[[Ed Potokar]]- inventor of the Contriverb  \\

=====Q =====

=====R =====
[[Lucky Dragons|Sarah Rara]]- Collaborates with [[Lucky Dragons|Luke Fischbeck]] on the project [[Lucky Dragons]].\\
[[Susan Rawcliffe]]- Precolombian flute researcher and experimental flute maker, known for her unusual fipple flutes and ocarinas\\ 
[[Bradford Reed]]- creator of the Pencillina, featured on oddstruments.\\
[[Hans Reichel]]- Innovator on guitar and inventor of the [[Daxophone]]\\ 
[[Angel Sampedro del Río]]- Maker of various wind instruments out of bamboo.\\
[[Jassie Rios]]- Inventor of [[Jassie Rios|GramFX]], an augmented gramophone that uses an open-air gesture to control a gramophone as an audio-visual instrument.\\  
[[Sara Roberts]]- Famous for her [[Earbees]].\\
[[Jon Rose]]- Artist and improvisor, creator of the [[Relative Violins]], which are conceptual violin sculpture instruments. \\
[[Harold Burroughs Rhodes]]- Inventor of the [[Rhodes piano]] (Fender Rhodes)\\
[[Luigi Russolo]]- Italian futurist painter and instrument maker from the early 1900s known for the [[Intonarumori]]\\
[[Robert Rutman]]- Inventor of the [[Styrophone]], [[Steel Cello]], and [[Bow Chimes]] which were the precursors to the [[stahlcello]] used in the [[Stahlquartett]]\\
[[Sharon Rowell]]- Inventor of the [[Ocarina|Huaca]], a multichamber ocarina.\\

=====S =====
[[John Schneider]]- Founder, builder, and musical director of Partch, a [[Partch Ensemble]] \\
[[Pierre Schaeffer]]- Inventor of tape recording manipulation known as [[Musique Concrète]]\\ 
[[Pinuccio Sciola]]- maker of cut stone instrument sculptures which make haunting sounds when rubbed.\\ 
[[Daniel Schmidt]]- [[Experimental Gamelan]] maker from Mills College. \\
[[Raymond Scott]]- Inventor of early electronic instruments.\\
[[Görkem Şen]]- Inventor of the [[Yaybahar]]. \\
[[João Fernando Arrais Serodio]]- Prolific Brazilian instrument maker who often makes instruments similar to the ones used by the group [[Uakti]]\\ 
[[William A. Sethares]]- Inventor of the [[Hyperpiano]]. \\
[[Uday Shankar]]- Inventor of the [[Chitravenu]] a slide flute combined with a zither intended to be played in the expanded classical Indian style. \\
[[Subhraag Singh]]- inventor of the [[Infinitone]], part of the 2017 [[Guthman Competition]].\\
[[Walter Smetak]]- Explorer in small sound instruments, inventor of a number of unusual instruments \\ 
[[George Smits]]- \\
[[Leonard Solomon]]- of [[Bellowphone]] fame, made the [[Oomphalapompatronium]].\\
[[STEIM]]- (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music)\\
[[Matthew Steinke]]- Artist and musician who builds [[electromechanical]] instruments, inventor of the [[Stepper Rattle]]\\ 
[[Diego Stocco]]- \\
[[Tom Sturm]]- \\
[[Morton Subotnick]] - early synthesizer pioneer.\\

=====T=====
[[Martin Tétreault]]- \\
[[Léon Theremin]]- Inventor of the [[theremin]] and [[Rhythmicon]]\\ 
[[Élektrik Toboggan]]- \\

=====U =====

=====V =====
[[Petr Válek]]- Noise composer who uses [[Found Objects]] works under the title [[Petr Válek|The VAPE]] \\
[[Fernando Vigueras]]- Makes experimental sound installations\\
[[Peter Vogel]]- \\


=====W =====
[[Ei Wada]]- Musician who makes repurposed electronics and appliances into instruments.\\
[[Richard Waters]]- Inventor of the [[Waterphone]]\\ 
[[Bill Wesley]]- Inventor of the [[Array Nail Organ]] and the [[Array Mbira]]\\ 
[[Ervin Wilson]]- builder of microtonal keyboards and aided in repairing and diagramming the [[Partch ensemble]].\\
[[George Philip Wright]]- Build voice altering electronic instruments.\\

=====X =====
[[Iannis Xenakis]]- Creator of multiple unique percussion instruments including the [[Sixxen]]\\

=====Y =====
[[Justice Yeldham]]- Australian free jazz musician who plays on an amplified [[Glass Shard]]\\
[[Ōtomo Yoshihide]]- \\
[[Gayle Young]]- \\

=====Z =====
[[Ernst Zacharias]]- Inventor of many [[Hohner Instruments]], the including the Cembalet, the Clavinet, the Guitaret, the Pianet, the Claviola and the Harmonetta. \\






