The Margaret Guthman New Instrument Competition is a yearly competition for newly invented musical instruments. 

This page is a list of finalists of each years competition and their instruments 

===== 2009 =====

==== Judges ====
Eran Egozy \\
Eliot Van Buskirk \\ 
Parag Chordia \\

==== Semi Finalists ====

==== Finalists ====
Jaime Oliver- Silent Drum \\
Eric Singer- GuitarBot \\
David Wessel- SLABS \\

===== 2010 =====

==== Judges ====
Johannes Goebel \\
Tod Machover \\
Tom Sherwood \\
Gil Weinberg \\

==== Semi Finalists ====

==== Finalists ====
Tomas Henriques- The Double Slide Controller \\
Keith, McMillen- the K-Bow \\
Kunal Gupta, Tristan Perich and Katie Shima- Loud Objects \\
Steven Litt- The CrudBox \\

===== 2011 =====

==== Judges ====
Sergi Jorda \\
Tom Oberheim \\
Jason Freeman \\

==== Semi Finalists ====

==== Finalists ====
Frédéric Bevilacqua and Julien Bloit- Interlude Consortium MO \\
Christian Graupner- MindBox Media Slot Machine \\
Leon Gruenbaum- the Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeeeee \\

===== 2012 =====

==== Judges ====
Cyril Lance \\
Atau Tanaka \\
Parag Chordia \\

==== Semi Finalists ====

==== Finalists ====
Marco Donnarumma- Xth Sense \\
Kyle Evans and James Connolly, Cracked Ray Tube \\
Bojan Gagic and Miodrag Gladovic, Lighterature Reading \\

===== 2013 =====

==== Judges ====
Laurie Anderson \\
David Wessel \\
Richard Devine \\

==== Semi Finalists ====

==== Finalists ====
Hans Leeuw- The Electrumpet \\
Onyx Ashanti- Beatjazz Exo-voice Prosthesis \\
Merche Blasco- Espongina \\
Roland Lamb– Roli Seaboard \\


===== 2014 =====

==== Judges ====
David Zicarelli \\
Chris Moore \\
Young Guru \\

==== Semi Finalists ====

==== Finalists ====
[[Tolgahan Çoğulu]]- Adjustable Microtonal Guitar \\
Teenage Engineering- OP-1 \\
Gao Jiafeng- TRI-O \\
Nu desine \\
[[Yuto Hasebe]], Tree Guitar \\

===== 2015 =====
semi-finals and finals ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qth9MjjI1E))\\

====Judges====
Joe Paradiso \\
Graham Marsh \\
DJ Hurricane \\

==== Semi Finalists ====
Tlacael Esparza \\
Suzanne Farrin \\
Bruno Verbrugghe \\
Monica Rikic \\
Krzysztof Cybulski \\

Martin Marier \\
==== Finalists ====
Christophe d'Alessandro, Boris Doval, Lionel Feugère, Olivier Perrotin- Cantor Digitalis \\
Peter Bussigel- Ndial \\
Dominik Hildebrand Marques Lopes, Amelie Hinrichsen, Till Bovermann- PushPull \\
Jonathan Sparks- Nomis \\
[[Ed Potokar]]- Magnetic Percussion Tower\\
 
===== 2016 =====
Semi-Finals \\
Finals ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hi6j2UXEZM)) \\

==== Judges ====
Pat Metheny \\
Allan Kozinn \\
Marcelo Wanderley \\

==== Semi Finalists ====

==== Finalists ====
[[Ken Butler]]- Golf Club Sitar/Tabla \\
[[Görkem Şen]]- [[Yaybahar]]\\
Leo Bettinelli - STIMULiERTE EMISSIONEN KLINGEN \\
Greg Beller- The Sound Space\\
Robert Wechsler, Andreas Bergsland, and Eirc Naindouba- Motion Composer \\
[[Ed Potokar]]- Contriverb 

===== 2017 =====
semi-finals \\
finals ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqyBa-rJV_I)) \\

==== Judges ====
Elaine Chew \\
Mike Adams \\
Daedelus \\
==== Semi Finalists ==== 
Kristina Warren- Abacus \\
Nick Hwang- The Actuated, Embedded, Musical Instrument \\
Jiffer Harriman- Beatbox \\
[[Uday Shankar]]- [[Chitravenu]] \\
Yoshihito Nakanishi- Cell Music gear \\
Pasha Karami- Globe-Tombak \\
Nathan M. Asman- Logdrum+ \\
Ivan Franco- The Mitt \\
Hanoi Hantrakul, Zack Kondak, and Somesh Ganesh- Moog's Greatest Hits :: Moog Hackathon Winner \\
Erich Netherton- The Netherbox \\
Victoria Grupp- Track It :: Zip It \\
Peter Williams, Alex Baldin, Troels Hammer- Tromba Moderna \\

==== Finalists ====
[[Subhraag Singh]]- [[Infinitone]] \\
[[Takumi Ogata]]- Rib Cage \\
[[Caleb Byerly]]- Salimbaa \\
Akito Van Troyer- MM-RT \\
Chet Udell- Optron \\
Ly Yang & Zak Seipel- Lyharp \\


===== 2018 =====
Semifinals ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS8eA4l5Gqg)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3wMPVVN0Qc)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJI3NohZZ8A))\\
finals ((https://youtu.be/oCrrNlk4iKY)) \\
==== Judges ====
Suzanne Ciani \\
Jesper Kouthoofd\\
Perry R. Cook\\

==== Semi Finalists ====
Nathan M. Asman- Curve \\
[[Hakan Lidbo]]- [[Fruitsynths]] \\
Yuxin Zhang, Zichen Wang, Ning Yang- Zen Garden \\
David Baylies- Stella  \\
Tom Greenwood- Illumicube Ensemble \\
Pasha Karami- Globe-Tombak \\
Mike Richison- Spin Stack \\
[[Yuto Hasebe]]- Deer Calling \\
Seth Thorn- alto.glove \\
 
==== Finalists ====

[[Jassie Rios]]- [[GramFX]] \\
Gurpreet Chana- TABLIX \\
Victor Zappi- Hyper Drumhead \\
Robert Van Rooyen- MechDrum \\
[[Gustavo Silveira]]- [[Gustavo Silveira|XT Synth]]  \\
[[Matthew Steinke]]- [[Stepper Rattle]]  \\
[[Jan Heinke]]- [[Stahlcello]] \\
Matt Borland- Shruti Box  \\
Wesley Hicks- Microtonal Ocarina  \\

===== 2019 =====
semi-finals \\
finals ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS6xNZmVnjE)) \\
==== Judges ====
Pamela Z \\
Roger Linn \\
Ge Wang \\

==== Semi Finalists ====

==== Finalists ====
Nathan Asman- Kaurios \\
Rodrigo F. Cadiz- Arcontinuo \\
Keith Groover- The Glide \\
QianQian Jin- QJin \\
Amit Segall- Hit-Strike-Play \\
Enrico Vinholi & Ben Cooper- Spinstruments \\
Chet Udell- Spiderharp \\
Jag Jayaprakash- S.R.I Mrudanga \\
Alon Ilsar- Airsticks \\
Gabriel Passov- Chord Viola \\
Moforte & Wizdom Music- GeoShred \\
Alice Barbe & Asimm Hirani- Biot-Savharp \\
Astrid Bin, Ryan Rose & Richard Savery- Mission Control \\
Koradan- Koritas \\
===== 2020 =====

==== Judges ====
Rebecca Fiebrink \\
Jordan Rudess \\
David Zicarelli \\


==== Semi Finalists ====

==== Finalists ====
Laurel S. Purdue- Svampolin \\
David Whalen- The Jamboxx\\
Joseph P. LoSchiavo- Galaxy Electric Harp \\
Krzysztof Cybulski- MEMO/MOVE \\
Alexandre Berthaud- Ork.1\\
Hugh Aynsley- Stretchi \\
Bosko- ElectroSpit \\
Dr. Benjamin Schogler- Skoog \\
Ruhan Yang,Jiewen Wang, and Xiangyi Li- The e-Trombone \\
