This is a list of instrument builders, inventors, and performers. This list features inventors working from after 1900 till now. For a maker to be featured they must have made at least 2 qualifying instruments see [[Idiosyncrasy]], for makers with tremendous potential who do not yet fully qualify see [[Fledgling|Fledgling Makers]].\\
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=====A =====
[[Justice Yeldham|Lucas Abela]]- Australian musician and instrument maker who makes complex instrument sculptures that are also arcade games, has an independent stage career as Justice Yeldham playing broken shards of glass. \\ 
[[Sherko Abbas]]- Sound sculptor who makes instruments that recreate the sounds of violence and trauma. \\ 
[[Alan Affichard]]- Sound sculptor based out of Germany that makes complex pneumatic sound sculptures ((https://alanaffichard.com/)) ((https://www.instagram.com/alanaffichard/?hl=en)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xla8GBAKlCU)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xla8GBAKlCU))\\  
[[Erik Alalooga]]- Estonian instrument maker, maker of the [[Postinstrumentum]] instruments. ((https://hammasratasblog.wordpress.com/music-instruments/)) ((https://postinstrumentum.wordpress.com/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/user/alalooga/videos)) ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR0d69D2TfUmcfpGwhoE8sQ/videos)) ((https://performachine.wordpress.com/)) \\ 
[[Brian Alexander]]- Finalist in the 2021 [[Guthman Competition]], makes instruments under the name Trace Bloom. ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz4OO3WeOEMaK4NfMO0zZ8g/videos)) ((https://www.makermusicfestival.com/building/Partch/)) ((https://tracebloom.com/)) ((https://www.instagram.com/tracebloomaudio/))\\
[[Alan Albright]]- Early maker of wooden ocarinas, made many experimental models. \\
[[Ganesh Anandan]]- Maker of the ShrutiStick. Featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Chris Andersen]]- Inventor of the Euphone, instrument inventor for the Bali Steel Pan company.\\  
[[Laurie Anderson]]- Sculptor, musician, and instrument inventor, known for the [[Tape-Bow Violin]] ((https://vimeo.com/589418427/bcaf06cd4b)).\\ 
[[Rafaele Andrade]]- Instrument inventor and artist who has worked on expanded cello called a Knurl and expanded bow called Un-Bow. ((https://www.instagram.com/rafaele.m.andrade/?hl=en)) ((https://www.rafaeleandrade.com/innovation/knurl)) \\ 
[[Alfio Antico]]- Italian folk musician and experimental tambourine maker, known for his large and unusual tambourines. \\ 
[[Robin Armstrong]]- Astrologer and creator of the [[Celestial Harp]], featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Mark Applebaum]]- Maker of many unusual instruments to suit his composition needs, often using [[electromechanical]] means.\\ 
[[Eric Archer]]- Builder of experimental and esoteric analog synthesizers who has released prolific guides on how to build them ((http://rarewaves.net/about/)), ((http://www.lite2sound.com/)) ((http://www.ericarcher.net/))\\   
[[Ricardo Arias]]- Mysterious instrument maker featured on [[Oddstruments]], known for The Balloon Kit.\\ 
[[Juan Arminandi]]- competitor in the 2021 [[Guthman Competition]] ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYtdxUi2yjF9GMhkkicbfHQ/videos))\\
[[Enrico Ascoli]] – Conceptual sound sculptor. Makes [[Self Contained]] instruments. \\
[[Tarek Atoui]]- Builds electromechanical sculptures that are self playing and presented in large groupings as soundscapes.\\

=====B =====
[[P. D. Q. Bach]]- Also known as Peter Schickele, Eccentric composer and inventor of the [[tromboon]]\\ 
[[Zach Balousek]]- Maker of large sound vessel sculptures that are interactive objects that make noise when rocked. \\ 
[[Mike Barclay]]- Works with electromechanical tuning forks. \\
[[Mark Allan Barnes]]- Also known as Ocean Tardigrade. Experimental string instrument maker. \\
[[David Barsotti]]- \\
[[Michael Jerome Bashaw]]- Maker of large scale musical sculptures, many of which are metal copies of smaller instruments made large. ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ol7yGFMDjo)) ((https://thepuzzleoflight.wixsite.com/michaelbashaw/sound-sculpture)) ((https://musemachine.com/michael-bashaw/))\\
[[Brian Baumbusch]]- Builder of the experimental gamelan inspired ensemble the [[Lightbulb ensemble]] ((https://brianbaumbusch.com/bio)) ((https://lightbulbensemble.com/home)) \\ 
[[Baschet Brothers]]- Bernard Baschet and François Baschet known for inventing many instruments notably the [[Cristal Baschet]]\\
[[Pierre Bastien]]- Acoustic instrument builder who makes sound installations. ((https://www.pierrebastien.com/en/installations.php))\\
[[Dennis Báthory-Kitsz]]- Instrument maker who frequently makes instruments to solve unusual musical situations. Featured on [[Oddmusic]]. \\
[[Sam Battle]]- Known as Look Mum No Computer is a builder of musical machines. \\ 
[[Jeremy Bell]]- Inventor of the The [[ScrubBoard]] an electric tape "turntable" that can do audio manipulation similar to scratching a vinyl record.\\ 
[[David Bellinger]]- Makes experimental kalimba variants, often with [[Bowed Tongues]]. Featured on [[Oddmusic]]. \\
[[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]].\\
[[Johannes Bergmark]]- Makes frenetic musical instruments, installations and performance pieces. \\
[[Terry Berlier]]- Contemporary artist making sound sculptures. Instrument builder for the [[Great Noise Ensemble]]. ((https://www.makermusicfestival.com/building/Devore/)) ((http://www.terryberlier.com/pan-lid-gamelan-ii/)) \\
[[John Berndt]]- collaborator with [[Neil Feather]] and experimental music host in Baltimore, who influenced a number of makers.\\
[[Harry Bertoia]]- Sound sculptor \\
[[Bash the Trash|John Bertles]]- Instrument maker and Co-director of [[Bash the Trash]], an educational music ensemble with instruments built by members out of found objects. \\
[[Ellis Berwick]]- Sound sculptor in the UK ((https://vimeo.com/user107894673)) ((https://soundcloud.com/mysteronreplacement)) ((https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006786018182))\\
[[Hamish Binns]]- Tinkerer and instrument maker In Madrid, Spain. He has made extensive diagrams for simple home made instruments ((https://www.seispinguinos.com/reciclinstrumentos.html)) ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHb6d4_vJIiTWsXB_YLreCA/videos)) \\ 
[[Doug Blackley]]- Inventor of the Spectrumpiano. ((https://www.spectrumpiano.com/instrument)) \\ 
[[Peter Blasser]]- Experimental electronic instrument builder working under the name Ciat-Lonbarde. ((http://www.ciat-lonbarde.net/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50tGiGIO55U)) ((https://www.instagram.com/ciat_lonbarde/?hl=en)) ((http://petermopar.blogspot.com/)) \\ 
[[The Blueman group]]\\  
[[Richard Bobo]]- Experimental woodwind maker, who makes instruments that extend the range of woodwind families. He is known for his subcontrabassoon project.\\
[[Harald Bode]]- Inventor of many electronic instruments for companies such as [[Hohner Instruments|Hohner]]\\ 
[[Denis Bouchard]]- \\
[[bourniplus]]- Full name unknown, maker in Quebec, Canada of various experimental keyboard instruments. ((https://www.youtube.com/user/bourniplus/videos)) \\
[[Frédéric Bousquet]]- Inventor of the set of instruments known as [[Ludophones]] ((https://www.ludophones.com/en-gb/%C3%80-propos)) ((https://www.fredericbousquet.com/en-gb/accueil.aspx)) ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX6qDqQEfXTLZn5EKH1xFQ/videos)) ((https://www.facebook.com/titaniumeuphone/))\\
[[Till Bovermann]]- Builds tangible auditory instruments, runs [[Tai Studios]]. ((https://tai-studio.org/)) ((https://instrumentsmakeplay.nl/album/till-bovermann/)) \\ 
[[Glenn Branca]]- Luthier that builds [[3rd Bridge]] guitars, similar to [[Yuri Landman]].\\
[[Adriano Castelo Branco]]- ((https://www.adrianocastelobranco.com/)) ((https://www.instagram.com/adrianocastelobranco/)) ((https://www.facebook.com/adriano.castelobranco.33)) \\
[[Nicolas Bras]]- prolific maker of experimental percussion instruments built from household materials. \\
[[Glenn Braun]]- Luthier who makes historic instruments, also makes experimental string instruments based off of historic conventions. ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCtceFqAGCRJ_2sht3rNCMQ/videos))\\
[[Giles Brindley]]- Unusual inventor and scientist, invented the [[Logical Bassoon]]\\
[[Rob van den Broek]]- Instrument builder for the group Cello Octet Amsterdam ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSmibtcrxO8)) ((https://www.facebook.com/broekrobvanden)) \\ 
[[Bill Buchen]]- Instrument maker who had some involvement in the fluxus movement, now makes steel public art instruments ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWjikL6dGg4nPZqdLzN1G3w/videos)) ((https://billbuchen.com/))  ((http://sonicarchitecture.com/)) ((https://billbuchensonicarchitecture.bandcamp.com/releases))\\
[[Don Buchla]]- Early pioneer of [[sound synthesizers]] inventor of the Buchla Synthesizer\\
[[Javier Bustos]]- Instrument maker and sculptor from Argentina ((https://javierbustos.com.ar/Cuarteto-2-para-sillas-autonomas)) ((https://www.makermusicfestival.com/building/Partch/)) \\ 
[[Ken Butler]]- Contributor to [[EMI]], and winner of the 2016 [[Guthman competition]], featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\ 
[[Matt Butt]]- Makes various experimental instruments as well as apparatuses worn over the ears to alter the ways people hear. \\
[[Caleb Byerly]]- \\

=====C =====
[[Roberto Velázquez Cabrera]]- Researches and recreates high fidelity Precolombian flutes\\ 
[[Patricia Cadavid]]- Maker of the Electronic_Khipu_, Finalist in the 2021 [[Guthman Competition]] ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCudDkvSFj2hAJQty2SeyRmA)) \\
[[John Cage]]- Prolific proponent of [[prepared instruments]], and [[found objects]].\\ 
[[Hugh le Caine]]- \\
[[Cornelius Cardew]]- An immensely complex and influential figure, co founder of the [[Scratch Orchestra]] with [[Howard Skempton]] and [[Michael Parson]].\\
[[Fred Carlson]]- Experimental luthier who builds hybrid sting instruments which feature unusual drone mechanisms, featured on [[Oddmusic]]. \\
[[Lomond Campbell]]- Sound artist and musician who is one of the founders of [[Found Collective]]. ((https://www.lomondcampbell.com)) ((http://foundcollective.com/)) ((https://twitter.com/LomondCampbell))\\ 
[[Joseph Casbarian]] Mysterious inventor of the Sequential Resonation Machine, featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[David Castiblanco]]- Based out of Bogota, Colombia, instrument maker for [[Latin Latas]]. \\ 
[[Max Castlunger]]- Instrument maker for Upcyling Music ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkK5P3LnAXOM7hrTcwlifXA/videos)) \\
[[Andy Cavatorta]]- Maker of self playing musical sculptures, which often produce continuous and ambient sound profiles ((https://vimeo.com/user2340650)) ((https://andycavatorta.com/)) \\ 
[[John H. Chalmers]]- known for his microtonal music analysis,publisher of the magazine Xenharmonicon, he worked out divisions of the tetrachord.\\
[[Wendy Chambers]]- inventor of the Car Horn Organ \\
[[Emmett Chapman]]- inventor of the [[Chapman Stick]].\\
[[Luciano Chessa]]- Bay Area artist and builder of Intonarumori, he is also an academic on Luigi Russolo and teaches courses on experimental musical instrument makers ((https://www.kqed.org/arts/11497245/if-you-build-it-they-will-play-experimental-instrument-makers-shine)) ((https://www.lucianochessa.com/articles/)) \\ 
[[Tor Clausen]]- Builder of musical instrument furniture under the name Tor Studios. \\
[[William Close]]- Builder of [[Long-String Instrument]]s, builder of the Symphonic House, controversial figure, featured on [[Oddmusic]]. \\
[[Tolgahan Çoğulu]]- Microtonal guitar builder and winner of the 2014 [[Guthman competition]]. \\
[[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.\\ 
[[Richard Cooke]]- Democratic percussion instrument maker. featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Rod Cooper]]- Australian noise musician and instrument maker who works with metal, sensors and motors to make noise music. ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjO6UqRHOC8yxfA82b0gvrw/videos)) ((http://theinstrumentbuildersproject.com/rod-cooper/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDtjCCtqjqU)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF3YvM2lyI8)) \\ 
[[Daniel Corral]]- sound sculptor and experiential musician.\\
[[Pierre-Jean Croset]]- inventor of the 18 string Lyra \\
[[Jason Cullup]]- Tinkerer who builds electroacoustic instruments that focus on rough noise. ((https://www.instagram.com/jcullup/)) ((https://www.makermusicfestival.com/building/Partch/)) \\ 

=====D =====
[[Philip Dadson]]- founder of the group [[From Scratch]], founding member of the [[Scratch Orchestra]], contributer to [[EMI]] magazine, featured on [[Oddmusic]]. \\
[[Henry Dagg]]- Instrument maker and sound sculptor who is famous for his cat organ as well as his sharpsichord. \\
[[Terry Dame]]- Instrument builder for the [[Electric Junkyard Gamelan]]. \\ 
[[Ivor Darreg]]- Coined the word [[Xenharmonic]], frequent contributor to [[EMI]] magazine \\ 
[[Hugh Davies]]-  \\
[[Bryan Day]]- Acoustic electric musical instrument maker known for his Metric Tapewarp. In the [[Euphotic]] ensemble along with [[Cheryl Leonard]]\\ 
[[John Calhoun Deagan]]- of the [[Deagan Instruments|Deagan Percussion Company]] fame.\\
[[David Defois]]- Inventor of the Korn BAss also known as the Boudophone, a slide didgeridoo that is geared to allow the sliding action to have a much larger range. ((https://www.kanarchoad.com/fr/instruments/korn-bass/)) ((https://www.wakademy.online/en/blog/didgeridoo-crafters/interview-with-david-defois-creator-of-the-didgeridoo-trombone/)) ((https://www.facebook.com/david.defois.75/))\\ 
[[Erin Demastes]]- An [[electromechanical]] instrument maker who often uses household objects and sounds. \\
[[Constance Demby]]- Experimental Musician and inventor of the [[Space Bass]] and [[Whale Sail]]\\
[[Brian Dennis]]- Experimental composer who worked out many unusual ways of notating music for children, built simplified instruments to use with his notation as well. ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dennis)) \\
[[Henri-pierre Deroux]] ((https://www.facebook.com/henripierre.deroux)) \\
[[Diana Deutsch]]- Psychologist who focuses on the psychology of music.\\ 
[[Mark Deutsch]]- Inventor of the [[Bazantar]], featured on [[oddmusic]].\\
[[Darrell DeVore]]- Also known as Dr. Um, experimental free jazz instrument builder, was known for developing a bullroarer that uses rubber bands ((https://centerfornewmusic.com/event/opening-reception-darrell-devore/)) ((Note that he has played with Tom Waits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEbSuroThJU))\\
[[Oliver DiCicco]]- Builder of instruments ans kinetic sound sculptures. Featured on [[oddmusic]].\\
[[Lars Dietrich]]- Also known as 8Legion. Builder of musical sculptures with an interactive autonomous computer performer that is a disembodied woman known as Lucy. \\
[[Angel Distefano]]- ((https://www.youtube.com/c/AngelDistefano/videos)) ((http://angeldistefano.org/)) ((http://laberintdelso.blogspot.com/)) ((https://sonacomilorto.blogspot.com/))\\
[[Mu Do]]- Ceramic and bamboo musical instrument maker. Little presence online.((https://www.instagram.com/mu_72_do/)) \\
[[Jim Doble]]- Unique percussion instrument builder.\\ 
[[Paul Dresher]]- Known for being the instrument maker for the [[Paul Dresher Ensemble]], frequently collaborates  with [[Daniel Schmidt]]. \\
[[Dean Drummond]]- Instrument builder for the [[Newband]]- A microtonal ensemble made with copies of the [[Harry Partch]] instruments, also invented instruments of his own.((https://web.archive.org/web/20060615130209/http://www.deandrummond.com/zoomprimer.htm))\\
[[Jacques Dudon]]- known for his experiments using water to effect the resonating patterns of string instruments. ((https://en.xen.wiki/w/Jacques_Dudon))\\
[[Tony Duggan-Smith]]- Builder of the [[Apprehension Engine]]\\
[[Judy Dunaway]]- Makes latex balloon instruments that she plays in unique ways.\\
[[Graham Dunning]]- creator and builder of the featherphone. \\

=====E =====
[[Alice Eldridge]]- [[electromechanical]] musical instrument maker- \\
[[Julia Elsas]]- Ceramic instrument maker. Makes under the name Sonicmud. ((https://www.instagram.com/sonicmud/)) \\  
[[Pete Engelhart]]- Metalworker who makes unusual percussion instruments. ((http://www.peteengelhartmetalpercussion.com/instruments.html)) ((This is great! https://www.lapercussionrentals.com/instruments/satellite-drums-pete-engelhart/137))\\ 
[[Tom Owen Every]]- known as Dr. Evermor, builder of a large scale metal musical sculpture called the Komodo Dragons that is played as an orchestra by a group ((https://www.facebook.com/groups/267392543790/)) ((https://www.facebook.com/WorldOfDrEvermor)) \\ 

=====F =====
[[Jochen Fassbender]]*- German instrument builder who mainly works in glass, stone, and metal. Has a wide array of unusual variations on instruments ((http://www.klangkunstfassbender.de/en/instruments/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9M7c0lkXXWL8LPn7m3TMRw/videos)) ((https://www.facebook.com/jochen.fassbender)) \\
[[Neil Feather]]- Builder of a very diverse set of instruments, featured on [[Oddstruments]].\\ 
[[Camilla Margherita Ferrari]]- Builds expanded versions of baroque and medieval instruments. ((https://www.camillamargheritaferrari.it/?lang=en)) ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJASGALb6YthwXOXZqAHCKw/videos))\\ 
[[Alex Ferris]]- Builder of the [[Anarchestra]]\\
[[Albrecht Fersch]]- Bermin based sound sculptor. ((https://www.instagram.com/albrechtfersch/?hl=en)) ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo4OSC1h8yFfHb0AtQ4nCNQ/videos)) ((http://www.albrechtfersch.de/intro.html)) ((https://www.makermusicfestival.com/building/Partch/))\\ 
[[Jem Finer]]- Maker of the Instrument/composition the [[Longplayer]] which is a 100 year long composition played on 234 amassed instruments.\\
[[Sergey Filatov]]- Russian electronic instrument maker and sound sculptor. ((https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2523792184530342)) ((https://www.sergeyfilatov.com/music_instruments/en))  \\
[[Lucky Dragons|Luke Fischbeck]]- Collaborates with [[Lucky Dragons|Sarah Rara]] on the project [[Lucky Dragons]].\\
[[Daniel Fishkin]]- Builds various [[Daxophone]] relatives. \\
[[Cris Forster]]- Builds complex just intonation instruments and works on a project called [[Musical Mathematics]] and the [[Chrysalis Project]], featured on [[oddmusic]].\\
[[Susanne Fröhlich]]- Recorder player and researcher working on ways to make expanded recorders. Worked with [[Maarten Helder]] to build the Helder Evo Tenor.((https://susannefroehlichrecorder.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/dissertation/)) ((https://www.mollenhauer.com/en/catalog/recorders/playing-level/recorders-for-masters/tenor-recorder-helder-rosewood-detail)) \\
[[Ellen Fullman]]- Inventor of the [[Long-String Instrument]] and the first person to make use of [[longitudinal vibration]] in a string instrument. ((https://www.ellenfullman.com/)) ((https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57a56154ebbd1acee615687c/t/58585ab2ebbd1a0dfa824dce/1482185401026/Fullman_solo_TechRiderFeet.pdf))  \\ 
[[Rob Funkhouser]]- Experimental percussionist who builds metal instruments including an experimental [[Cristal Baschet]]. ((https://www.instagram.com/funkoftherob/?hl=en)) ((https://www.youtube.com/user/funkoftherob/videos)) ((https://www.robfunkhouser.com/)) \\ 

=====G =====
[[Victor Gama]]- Makes acoustic instruments\\
[[Xavier Gazon]]- A builder of playful [[Circuit Bending]] instruments. He also makes some [[Electromechanical]] instruments. ((https://xaviergazon.com/gears/)) \\ 
[[Reed Ghazala]]- Inventor of [[Circuit Bending|circuit bent]] instruments, featured on [[Oddmusic]], contributor to [[EMI]] Magazine.\\ 
[[Simone Giertz]]- Youtuber who makes videos about building things, she has multiple times created absurd instruments that have an element of failure to them. ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83yXCMHGr9A)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLGs7auWdgE)) \\ 
[[Gijs Gieskes]]- [[electromechanical]] instrument maker. \\ 
[[Jonathan Glasier]]- builder of the Pentaphone. \\
[[Percy Grainger]]- Built a 1/6th tone piano known as the [[Butterfly Piano]] ((https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/06/23/microtonal-piano-sounds-a-1930s-audio-recording-and-a-unique-score-of-ivan-wyschnegradskys-ainsi-parlait-zarathoustra-in-rare-music/))\\ 
[[Bob Grawi]]- Inventor of the [[Gravikord]], contributor to [[EMI]] Magazine, featured on [[Oddmusic]]. \\ 
[[Ken Gray]]- An Electro Sculptor who made a number of electronic instruments that functioned as interactive sound sculptures. Very little is available online about him. ((https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1483484335751712769)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piInxmeaEE8)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D5ajuwquZM))\\
[[John Grayson]]- Prolific instrument builder, theorist, and writer based in Canada. He is a rather elusive figure to research.\\
[[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. Featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[John Grieve]]- Sound sculptor who uses recontextualized musical instrument parts. ((https://www.johngrieve.org/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/user/littleornointerest/videos)) \\
[[Katie Grinnan]]- Creator of the [[Astrology Orchestra]]. \\

=====H =====
[[Bruce Haack]]- Featured in the Encyclopedia of musical instruments\\ 
[[Barry Hall]]- Ceramic musical instrument maker, featured on [[Oddmusic]], one of the makers in the [[Burnt Earth Ensemble]], contributor to [[EMI]] Magazine. \\ 
[[Scott F. Hall]]- An experimental luthier who makes playful variations of common string instruments.\\
[[Laurens Hammond]]- Inventor of the [[Hammond Organ]]. \\
[[John Hardin]]- Eclectic instrument maker working in Humboldt county California ((https://www.youtube.com/user/tincanluminary/videos)) ((https://electricearthmusic.wordpress.com/)) ((https://lygsbtd.wordpress.com/2021/07/13/sky-harp/)) ((https://johnhardin.wordpress.com/)) ((https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/artists-who-make-their-own-instruments)) \\ 
[[Wayland Harman]]- Maker of mouth bows and an instrument called the [[clackamore]], featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\ 
[[Lou Harrison]]- Builder and composer for [[Experimental Gamelan]] instruments.\\
[[Yuto Hasebe]]- Creator of deer calling, finalist in the 2018 [[Guthman Competition]]((https://instrumentsmakeplay.nl/album/yuto-hasebe/)) ((http://yutohasebe.weebly.com/)) \\
[[Dennis Havlena]]- Prolific DIY instrument builder known for his innovative and detailed guides to building cheap instruments, featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Tim Hawkinson]]- Sculptor who built the Überorgan, a large scale bagpipe like instrument. Featured on [[Oddmusic]]. \\ 
[[Maarten Helder]]- Recroder maker, worked with [[Susanne Fröhlich]] in designing the Helder Evo recorder. ((https://www.mollenhauer.com/en/catalog/recorders/playing-level/recorders-for-masters/tenor-recorder-helder-rosewood-detail)) \\
[[Bill Napier-Hemy]]- Canadian string instrument maker who has made some very eccentric string instruments ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6H03YROFLo)) \\
[[Colin Hinz]]- mysterious instrument maker mentioned on [[Oddstruments]] and [[emi]] with little trace left online.\\ 
[[Jan Heinke]]- Inventor of the [[Stahlcello]] and member of the [[Stahlquartett]], inspired by [[Robert Rutman]]. Finalist in the 2018 [[Guthman Competition]].\\
[[Robin L. Hodgkinson]]- Maker of various ceramic flutes. ((https://web.archive.org/web/20120430024253/http://www.clay-wood-winds.com/)) \\
[[Derek Holzer]]- Modular synthesizer and interface builder. works under the name Macumbista. ((http://macumbista.net/)) \\ 
[[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]].\\
[[Margaret Watts Hughes]]- Arguably the first sound artist, she developed a method to turn the sound of her voice into visual artistic plates. ((https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/picturing-a-voice-margaret-watts-hughes-and-the-eidophone)) ((https://twitteringmachines.com/the-voice-made-visible-margaret-watts-hughes-and-her-eidophone/)) ((https://www.rob-mullender-ross.net/margaret-watts-hughes))\\ 
[[Zimoun|Simon Hügli]]- Known under the name [[Zimoun]], he is a sound installation artist who makes cacophonous drones out of many copies of self playing agitation instruments.\\
[[Carleen Hutchins]]- Experimental violin maker, Creator of the [[Hutchins Consort]], a violin octet, founder of the [[Catgut Acoustical Society]]. ((https://www.hutchinsconsort.org/about-us) ((https://www.catgutacoustical.org/journal/index.htm)) ((http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8gt5p1r/dsc/#dsc-1.2.6))\\
[[Craig Huxley]]- Inventor of the Blaster Beam, [[Long-String Instrument]] that has been used for many science fiction film scores. \\

=====I =====

=====J =====
[[Tim Alex Jacobs]]- Modifies instruments to make them midi controlled, often allowing for very unique sound characteristics. Known under the handle Mitxela. ((https://mitxela.com/projects)) ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeEf90AEmmxaQs5BUkHqR3Q/videos)) ((https://youtu.be/me4gGfazUdw)) ((proof of his identity https://hpi.zentral.zone/flash))\\ 
[[John Janson]]- Expermental Luthier. \\ 
[[Georges Jenny]]- Inventor of the Ondioline, one of the first electric instrument that used high frequency tube amplifiers to generate sound. ((https://ondioline.com/about)) ((https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cc8f9540490791bd14ed95c/t/610311ef125a7607f67eb1e0/1627591154558/The+Ondioline+-+The+Design+and+Development+of+an+Electronic+Musical+Instrument+-+web.pdf)) ((https://jean-jacquesperrey.bandcamp.com/album/jean-jacques-perrey-et-son-ondioline))\\
[[Steven Jobe]]- Makes instruments inspired by the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch he creates fantastical versions of medieval instruments.\\
[[Daniel Jodocy]]- Co-founder along with [[Kenny Wollesen]] of [[Wollesonic]], an instrument maker collective in New York. ((http://www.wollesonic.com/?p=WOLLESONIC_BLURB&ms=m0&l=en&)) ((https://www.instagram.com/djodocy/?hl=en)) ((https://danieljodocy.com/))\\ 
[[Michael Johnsen]]-circuit bender and analog synth maker who is known for his very outsider philosophy to music, featured on [[oddstruments]].\\ 
[[Jon Jones]]- Builder and inventor of the wheel harp. ((https://antiquitymusic.com/wheelharp-page))\\ 
[[Spike Jones]]- Notable found objects musician used things pots & pans & duck calls in innovative ways.\\
[[Chuck Jonkey]]- Makes various experimental instruments, commonly works with rubber bands, and frequently makes world instruments. ((https://www.youtube.com/user/junglechuck/videos)) \\
[[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 =====
[[Christopher Kaczmarek]]- Sound artist who make large groupings of self playing sound sculptures. ((https://www.chriskaczmarek.com/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/user/kaczman/videos)) \\ 
[[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]]\\
[[Tom Kaufmann]]- Maker of musical instrument public art sculptures sold under the [[Tom Kaufmann|Tinkertune]] name.\\
[[Palmer Keen]]- Ethnomusicologist working out of Indonesia \\
[[Sung Kim]]- Experimental Luthier who makes a large variety of strange and complex string instruments. \\ 
[[Buzz Kimball]]- Maker of [[3rd Bridge]] guitars, featured on [[Oddmusic]]. He is a contribute to [[EMI]] magazine and an early maker of [[Xenharmonic]] music. \\
[[Walter Kitundu]]- Inventor of a number of expanded record players called [[Phonoharps]]\\ 
[[David Klavins]]- Maker of experimental and expanded function pianos known for the M450 and the Una Corda  \\ 
[[Tom Koch]]- Known online as Univac and TechDWeeb, constructs [[Self Playing Instrument|Self Playing Instruments]] that are chaotic ((https://www.instagram.com/univactechdweeb/)) ((https://techdweeb.com/))  ((https://www.makermusicfestival.com/building/Partch/)) \\ 
[[Vadim Kondakov]]- sound sculpture maker who makes performative sound sculpture installations. ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDtfOGGI6247jJOHvrgTxcA/videos)) ((https://www.instagram.com/kondakovvadim/?hl=en)) \\ 
[[Ron Konzak]]- Inventor of the [[Puget Sound Wind Harp]]. \\
[[Hans van Koolwijk]]- Sound sculptor and instrument builder for the [[Schreck Ensemble]]. ((https://www.hansvankoolwijk.nl/works)) ((https://www.hansvankoolwijk.nl/schreck-ensemble)) ((http://www.schreck.nl/eng/ENSindex.html)) \\
[[John Kovac]]- PVC musical instrument maker who runs the whacky [[East Coast PVC Band]].\\
[[Gregory Kozak]]- Instrument builder for the ensemble [[Scrap Arts Music]]. Featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Aaron Taylor Kuffner]]- Artist behind the [[Aaron Taylor Kuffner|Gamelatron]]. ((https://gamelatron.com/about/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE2Uguzq4qY)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP43GquZxA8)) ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Kuffner)) \\ 

=====L =====
[[Ela Lamblin]]- Maker of innovative sculptural musical instruments that are activated by dance. Featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Yuri Landman]]- Experimental guitar maker and innovator known for the [[moodswinger]]. Featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\ 
[[Graeme Leak]]- Junk instrument maker and maker for Junkestra ((https://graemeleak.com/junkestra/))((https://graemeleak.com/)) \\
[[Yann Leguay]]- ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIoWaRKeQ0M)) ((https://instrumentsmakeplay.nl/album/yann-leguay/)) ((http://www.phonotopy.org)) \\ 
[[Jared De Leon]]- Developer of the new subcontrabass clarinet and maker of other unusual clarinet innovations. ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC42m4cE3igWii463WUtMDVg/videos)) \\
[[Cheryl Leonard]]- Sculptural instrument builder who works with natural materials such as animal bones leaves and wood. In the [[Euphotic]] ensemble along with [[Bryan Day]]. \\
[[Eric Leonardson]]- Makes instruments from large coiled springs, featured on [[oddstruments]], teaches musical instrument construction. \\
[[Hakan Lidbo]]- Eccentric Swedish electronic instrument maker who makes instrument sculptures. \\
[[Viktor Lois]]- Instrument inventor and builder for the experimental music ensemble [[Tundravoice]]. \\
[[Ken Lovelett]]- Makes experimental drums \\
[[Xavi Lozano]]- maker of comical instruments, part of a group called [[Atrapasons]].\\
[[Alvin Lucier]]- \\
[[Nicklas Lundberg]]- experimental musician who makes amplified noise instruments and contraptions ((https://jnlundberg.wordpress.com/)) ((https://vimeo.com/nicklaslundberg)) \\ 
[[Francisco Lupica]]- Spiritual musician and creator of the Cosmic Beam. \\ 
[[René Lussier]]- \\ 

=====M =====
[[Thierry Madiot]]- Creates instruments that generate 'sound massages'. \\
[[Simon The Magpie]]- [[Tinkerer]] who experimentally alters existing instruments. \\ 
[[Alexis Malbert]]- Known under the name [[Tapetronic]]. He makes sound reproduction instruments which manipulate existing media and present new sound outcomes. ((http://www.alexismalbert.com/)) ((https://instrumentsmakeplay.nl/album/tapetronic-alexis-malbert/)) \\ 
[[Steve Mann]]- Physicist who experiments with hydraulophones, innovating and inventing nearly 100 of them. ((http://wearcam.org/mannventions-password-stefanosmannaz13/hydraulophone.htm)) ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulophone)) ((https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/25712/1/Janzen_Ryan_E_200811_MASc_thesis.pdf)) \\ 
[[Linda Manzer]]- Experimental guitar builder. Known for making the Picasso Guitar. Featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[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. ((http://www.fretlesszithers.net/marx.htm)) ((http://www.studiobobo.com/ukelin/ukelin.html)) ((http://www.studiobobo.com/ukelin/history.html))  \\
[[Reinhold Marxhausen]]- Artist who made various unique sound sculptures out of found objects.\\
[[Houshun Masuda]]- Bird Flageolet and ultra high pitched recorder maker. ((http://www.a-rg.jp/2014AnrieuFes/exhibitors/HoushunMasuda.html)) ((hear his instruments on Kôske Nozaki's youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/arcangelo4989/videos)) \\ 
[[Emma-Kate Matthews]]- Acoustic architect making building sized instruments.\\ 
[[Graeme McCormack]]- Hurdy Gurdy maker who converts other instruments into hurdy gurdies ((https://sites.google.com/site/gurdymaking/)) ((https://sites.google.com/site/mccormackgraeme/oudbackedhurdygurdymaking)) ((https://sites.google.com/site/mccormackgraeme/oudbackedhurdygurdymaking/putting-jirir-together)) ((https://sites.google.com/site/mccormackgraeme/antiquatedstrings)) \\ 
[[Lee Mc Donald]]- Sound sculptor who makes electromecahnial instruments out of found objects, reminiscent of [[Petr Valek|The VAPE]].\\
[[Will Menter]]- Sound sculptor who builds instruments out of natural materials that highlight the sounds of those materials interacting.\\ 
[[Bill Milbrodt]]- Founder of the [[Car Music Project]], featured on [[oddmusic]].\\ 
[[Martin Molin]] Along with Marcus Sjöberg are members of the band [[Martin Molin|Wintergaten]].\\ 
[[Bob Moog]]- of [[Sound Synthesizers|Moog Keyboard]] fame.\\
[[Moondog]]- Famous idiosyncratic, eccentric, and autodidactic musician and instrument maker from New York.\\ 
[[Céleste Boursier-Mougenot]]- French sound artist ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9leste_Boursier-Mougenot)) \\ 
[[Ujino Muneteru]]- Japanese sound sculptor who makes transformative electromechanical instrument installations. \\  
[[David Murphy]]- Maker of sculptural art instruments, featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Dennis Murphy]]- Builder of homemade [[Experimental Gamelan]] instruments, credited with being the first in the united states.\\ 

=====N =====
[[Gasper Nali]]- Maker of experimental Babatoni, 3 meter long single string bass instruments he uses as drones for his singing.\\ 
[[Jerónimo Naranjo]]- Mexican composer and giant instrument builder. \\
[[Terumi Narushima]]- Also involved in the [[Anaporia]] project.\\ 
[[Michael Natale]]- Creator of the [[Gametones]] which is an [[Experimental Gamelan]] ensemble that was featured on [[Oddmusic]]. \\
[[Simonas Nekrošius]]- Sound sculptor who makes interactive musical instruments that function as sculptures. Known for his Chair for Quarantine. \\
[[Bret Newton]]- Band theorist and multi instrumentalist, who is developing the great bassoon, as well as other instrument innovation projects. ((https://www.bretnewtoncomposer.com/)) \\
[[Hao Ni]]- Also goes by Hao Hao, is a sound sculptor who makes cacophonous instrumental sculptures. \\ 
[[Sarah Nicolls]]- Builder of the Future Piano and the Inside Out Piano, she is interested in expanding the piano. ((https://www.instagram.com/sarahpianolife/)) ((http://sarahnicolls.com/)) \\ 
[[Tommi Nieminen]]- Builder of the [[Device Orchestra]], an electronic ensemble using the stepper motors on various consumer electronics. ((https://www.youtube.com/c/DeviceOrchestra/videos)) ((https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.tiedetoimittajat.fi/tiedetoimittaja/tommi-28-saa-elantonsa-soivilla-sahkohammasharjoilla/)) \\ 
[[Koka Nikoladze]]- [[electromechanical]] instrument maker, works wit found objects, and makes audiovisual compositions. ((https://www.youtube.com/c/KokaNikoladze/videos))\\
[[Matt Noland]]- Instrument maker who carries on the tradition of making percussion instruments that are otherwise extinct and extends ranges on existing percussion. ((https://www.youtube.com/user/MattNolanCustom/videos)) ((https://www.mattnolancustomcymbals.com/other-percussion.php)) \\  
[[Erik Nugent]]- Inventor of a mouthpiece called the numouthpiece that mimics the mouthpiece of a didgeridoo and can be attached to various musical instruments such as saxophone, trombone, and euphonium. Also invnted the nu a chromatic didgeridoo. ((https://www.youtube.com/@TheNununugent/videos)) ((https://numouthpieces.com/)) ((https://www.instagram.com/numouthpieces/)) \\ 
[[Tom Nunn]]- A powerhouse inventor of the [[Crustacean]] a waterphone like instrument, Skatchboxes that are combed plus many more. ((http://www.edgetonerecords.com/nunn.html)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FBIXW-b2qQ))\\

=====O =====
[[Takumi Ogata]]- Electronic musical instrument maker ((https://www.takumiogata.com/)), ((https://www.facebook.com/721892447988020/videos/292752031323474)) \\
[[Tim Olsen]]- Makes fanciful "Un-Invented" instruments with broken down elements, featured in [[EMI]] magazine. \\
[[Yuichi Onoue]]- Creator of the [[Kaisatsuko]] a kind of hurdy-gurdy-shamisen hybrid instrument, featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Daphne Oram]]- Early pioneer of [[Musique Concrète]] and inventor of the [[Oramics]] technique\\

=====P =====
[[Nam June Paik]]- \\
[[Sonia Paço-Rocchia]]- Makes sound installations using large metal electromechanical instruments. \\
[[Xavier Lozano Palay]]- Builder of easy to make wind instruments, often makes flutes out of unexpected things. \\ 
[[Tuni Panea]]-  ((https://tunipanea.com/)) \\
[[Steve Parker]]- Sound sculptor and finalist in the 2021 [[Guthman Competition]] ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNeiAVLsFSI)) ((https://steve-parker.net/)) \\
[[Javi Botanz Parra]]- Experimental instrument maker in Spain that makes experimental mallet and array percussion instruments ((https://www.instagram.com/javibotanz/?hl=en)) ((https://www.facebook.com/javi.botanzparra/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/@javierbotanzparra/videos)) \\ 
[[Michael Parson]]- Co-founder of the [[Scratch Orchestra]] along with [[Howard Skempton]] and [[Cornelius Cardew]].\\
[[Harry Partch]]- Founder and maker of the instruments in the [[Partch Ensemble]] and innovator of [[microtonal music]]\\ 
[[John Pascuzzi]]- Founder of [[oddmusic]], an early experimental musical instrument website. \\
[[Albin Paulus]]- Builder of the Wobblephone, he makes various bagpipe inspired instruments. \\
[[Jack Pavlik]]- A Minneapolis sound sculptor who is known for using long ribbons of metal to make metallic pitch bends and wobbles. \\
[[Petr Pavlinec]]- Instrument maker who makes variations on the cimbalom, known for working with ceramic tile as a musical medium. \\
[[André Pereira]]- Brazillian instrument maker working with household materials and trash, instrument maker for [[Oficina do Dedéco]] ((https://www.youtube.com/user/somsutil/videos)) ((http://musicasutil.blogspot.com/)) ((https://www.facebook.com/oficinadodedeco/)) \\ 
[[Tristan Perich]]- Composer and sculptor, creator of the [[1bit symphony|1-Bit Symphony]].\\
[[Massimo Pintus]]- Gong maker who works with various forms of sound healing and spiritualism. ((http://www.gaiatoneart.com/)) ((https://www.facebook.com/massimo.pintus.50/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUavroqB0QI)) \\ 
[[Eric Pitra]]- Electronic musical instrument maker, Finalist in the 2021 [[Guthman Competition]] ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtlLuKuWQIUSGa00W8tiIjQ/videos)) \\ 
[[Tony Pizzo]]- Musical instrument writer who writes about experimental musical instruments. Featured in EMI.\\
[[Linsey Pollak]]- Maker of experimental woodwinds, known for his vegetable orchestra.\\ 
[[Isaac Pond]]- Inventor of the Jarbowocky, a experimental water drum. \\
[[Ed Potokar]]- inventor of the Contriverb, participant in multiple [[Guthman Competition|Guthman Competitions]].  \\
[[Edward Powell]]- Builds string instruments for playing Indian style music. Many of his instruments make attempts to expand the possibilities of Indian music. \\ 
[[Hervé Prudent]]- Experimental luthier who has made instruments on commission for multiple experimental musicians. \\
[[Gabriele Puddinu]]- Electroacoustic instrument maker who makes small noise maker instruments ((https://rumble.com/user/NoiseLaboratory)) ((https://www.facebook.com/groups/1529561863933214/user/100053426898464/))\\ 
[[Artūrs Punte]]- Sound sculptor who collaborates with [[Jēkabs Voļatovskis]] to make evocative sound objects that relay the human voice. ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL8zwZMCIwo)) ((https://www.youtube.com/user/puntext/videos)) \\

=====Q =====

=====R =====
[[Godfried-Willem Raes]]- Instrument builder and founder of the [[Logos Foundation]] ((https://www.logosfoundation.org/index-god.html)) \\ 
[[Hal Rammel]]- Maker of experimental versions of the Nail Violin. Featured on [[Oddmusic]]. \\
[[Lucky Dragons|Sarah Rara]]- Collaborates with [[Lucky Dragons|Luke Fischbeck]] on the project [[Lucky Dragons]].\\
[[Joe Rauen]]- Makes music instrument Assemblages.\\ 
[[Robert Rauschenberg]]- ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r88iDgTd-M&t=50s)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgF_BngJtEk)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg6hrxE-wO0)) \\  
[[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]], featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Hans Reichel]]- Innovator on guitar and inventor of the [[Daxophone]], featured on [[Oddmusic]], contributor to [[EMI]] Magazine.\\ 
[[Pedro Reyes]]- Sound Sculptor ((https://www.tinguely.ch/en/exhibitions/exhibitions/2020/pedro-reyes.html)). \\
[[Harold Burroughs Rhodes]]- Inventor of the [[Rhodes piano]] (Fender Rhodes)\\
[[Angel Sampedro del Río]]- Maker of various wind instruments out of bamboo, featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Jassie Rios]]- Inventor of [[Jassie Rios|GramFX]], an augmented gramophone, Finalist in the 2018 [[Guthman Competition]]\\  
[[Sara Roberts]]- Famous for her [[Earbees]].\\
[[Steve Roden]]- Early proponent and founder of [[lowercase]] music. Known for using quiet found materials like paper.\\ 
[[PANArt|Felix Rohner]] and [[PANArt|Sabina Schärer]]- founders of [[PANArt]] which made the [[PANArt|Hang Drum]]. Featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Paweł Romańczuk]]- Experimental instrument maker mostly working in metal, little information about him is online. Instrument maker for [[Małe Instrumenty]] ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQGOYM_lLdk)) ((https://soundcloud.com/maleinstrumenty)) ((https://www.facebook.com/trytonos)) \\ 
[[Jon Rose]]- Artist and improvisor, creator of the [[Relative Violins]], which are conceptual violin sculpture instruments, featured on [[Oddmusic]]. \\
[[Ann Rosén]]- Synthesizer sculpture maker who makes electronic instruments focused on the form of interaction and interface with the human body. ((https://annrosen.se/about/)) \\
[[Rob Mullender-Ross]]- Sound sculptor and researcher who works with the ways sound interacts with the human body, architecture and light. ((https://www.rob-mullender-ross.net/margaret-watts-hughes)) ((https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/picturing-a-voice-margaret-watts-hughes-and-the-eidophone)) \\  
[[Paul Rubenstein]]- Experimental instrument maker and educator.  \\
[[Martí Ruiz]]- Experimental tuning for maker. ((http://barthopkin.com/marti-forks/))\\
[[Wojciech Rusin]]- Sound artist and experimental instrument maker who works with 3D printing to make various wind instruments. ((https://www.wojciechrusin.com/3d-printed-pipes)) ((https://soundcloud.com/user-68797887-355661884)) ((https://www.thepipeshoppe.com/)) ((https://thepipeshoppe.bandcamp.com/)) \\ 
[[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]]\\
[[Benton Roark]]- Microtonal music composer and instrument maker. ((https://www.bentonroark.com/innovator)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z6upBD6gKQ)). \\
[[Fernando Rodríguez]]- Experimental percussion maker ((https://www.facebook.com/groups/1347350352038535/user/100013624999270/)) \\
[[Sharon Rowell]]- Inventor of the [[Ocarina|Huaca]], a multichamber ocarina, featured on [[Oddmusic]], contributor to [[EMI]] Magazine.\\
[[Eric Royer]]- Experimental luthier who builds instruments to further along his goal of being a one man bluegrass band, featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\

=====S =====
[[Fabrizio Di Salvo]]- Sound sculptor ((https://www.fabriziodisalvo.com/)) \\
[[Jason Sidney Sanford]]- ((http://www.j-s-sanford.com/JSS_instruments_table.html)) ((https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/artists-who-make-their-own-instruments)) \\
[[Joseph Sanger]]- Builder of multiple unusual instruments ((http://josephsanger.com/blog/category/instruments/new-instruments/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/c/SangerStudios/videos)) \\ 
[[Ian Saxton]]- Experimental musician and collaborator with [[Bart Hopkin]] on the Saxton Savart. ((http://barthopkin.com/soloway-siren-and-saxton-savart/)) \\
[[Pierre Schaeffer]]- Inventor of tape recording manipulation known as [[Musique Concrète]]\\ 
[[PANArt|Sabina Schärer]]- Along with [[PANArt|Felix Rohner]] founded [[PANArt]] which made the [[PANArt|Hang Drum]]. Featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Stefan Scherbik]]- Instrument maker who makes unusual copies of existing instrument types ((https://valsemusic.wordpress.com/)) ((https://www.facebook.com/groups/279244555453722/user/1312101229/)) ((https://www.facebook.com/stefan.scherbik)) \\
[[Christof Schläger]]- Builder of two experimental orchestras the [[Aural Shape]] Orchestra and the [[Urban Horns]] Orchestra. \\
[[John Schneider]]- Founder, builder, and musical director of Partch, a [[Partch Ensemble]] \\
[[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.\\
[[Steve Scott]]- Instrument maker who makes autonomous instruments that are played by natural phenomenon such as the wind or moving water. ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKj7ZwbT-dY0o90SMtrFmaQ/videos)) ((https://www.facebook.com/groups/279244555453722/user/100056248604585/)) \\ 
[[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]]- Acoustic researcher, Inventor of the [[Hyperpiano]] and frequent contributor to [[EMI]] Magazine. ((https://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/tet19/xenharmonicon.html)) ((https://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/papers/hyperOctave.html))\\
[[Curtis Settino]]- featured on [[oddmusic]], an [[Experimental Gamelan]] adjacent experimental percussion instrument maker. \\
[[Uday Shankar]]- Inventor of the [[Chitravenu]] a slide flute combined with a zither intended to be played in the expanded classical Indian style. \\
[[Peter Sheridan]]- Australian flute maker who makes super low flutes, made the first Hyperbass Flute. ((https://www.marriedflutes.net/peter)) \\
[[Gustavo Silveira]]- Makes microtonal instruments that copy the interface of string instruments but use electromagnetic ribbons, finalist in the 2018 [[Guthman Competition]]. ((https://www.musiconerd.com)) ((https://www.facebook.com/musiconerdmusiconerd/))\\
[[Mike Silverman]]- also known as That 1 Guy, is a [[One Man Band]] instrument maker.\\
[[Ricardo Simian]]- Instrument maker who 3D prints recreations of historic instruments.((https://ricardosimian.com/3d-music-instruments.html)) ((http://research.3dmusicinstruments.com/slide-pipes.html)) ((https://www.youtube.com/user/ricardosimian/videos))\\
[[Subhraag Singh]]- inventor of the [[Infinitone]], part of the 2017 [[Guthman Competition]].\\
[[Howard Skempton]]- Co-founder of the [[Scratch Orchestra]] along with [[Cornelius Cardew]] and [[Michael Parson]].\\
[[Walter Smetak]]- Explorer in small sound instruments, inventor of a number of unusual instruments \\ 
[[Quentin Smirhes]]- Youtube performance artist who frequently  builds instrument sculptures for his performances ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwHw0B9zAL4Z08sVRRjfx5g)) \\ 
[[George Smits]]- \\
[[Leonard Solomon]]- of [[Bellowphone]] fame, made the [[Oomphalapompatronium]].\\
[[Kajii Sou]]- Japanese instrument maker based in Nagoya, maker for Mirai Musical Instruments, uses junk to make music instruments. ((https://kajii.me/mirai/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/user/onlooker522/videos)) ((https://kajii-me.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=nui)) ((https://twitter.com/kajiisou)) \\ 
[[Iner Souster]]- inventor of the [[Bowafridgeaphone]] and several other instruments. Featured on [[Oddmusic]]. \\
[[Michele Spanghero]]- Sound sculptor who makes sculptures that symbolically represent the human body. \\
[[Mo Spann]]- known as Professor Sperrmüller, he build instruments out of garbage and shows them under the pretense of the amazing things one can do with recycling. ((https://www.youtube.com/user/ProfessorBulkyTrash/videos)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcUdCNAr_wc)) \\
[[Leland W. Sprinkle]]- Creator of the Great Stalacpipe Organ, featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[STEIM]]- (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music)\\
[[Matthew Steinke]]- Artist and musician who builds [[electromechanical]] instruments, inventor of the [[Stepper Rattle]]\\ 
[[Diego Stocco]]- \\
[[Cassiopeia Sturm]]- \\
[[Morton Subotnick]] - early synthesizer pioneer.\\
[[Akio Suzuki]]- Environmental sound, noise and found object instrument maker.((https://www.thewire.co.uk/video/watch-rare-footage-of-akio-suzuki-playing-the-analapos-in-japan-in-the-mid-80s))\\ 

=====T=====
[[André Taques]]- Brazilian instrument maker who works with found and household materials, finalist in the 2021 [[Guthman Competition]] ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e52wO-HOE4))((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6PksIWrVFY)) ((https://www.youtube.com/user/Berinlatataques/videos)) \\
[[Glissonic|Tóbias Terebessy]] along with [[Glissonic|Dániel Váczi]] founded the [[Glissonic]] instrument company. \\
[[Martin Tétreault]]- \\
[[Sudhu Tewari]]- A Berkeley based sound artist who makes wind powered sound gardens. ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlIfHaTWDbE)) ((http://www.sudhutewari.com/Projects/Projects.html)) ((https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJs9cqNB_YWYIqjx_X0SZZg/videos)) ((https://portal.cca.edu/people/stewari/)) ((https://www.makermusicfestival.com/building/Devore/))\\ 
[[Léon Theremin]]- Inventor of the [[theremin]] and [[Rhythmicon]]\\ 
[[Michael Thiele]]- Inventor of the wooden tongue drum. ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVtJywqAHpc)) ((https://www.hardwoodmusiccompany.com/pages/gallery)) \\ 
[[Jean Tinguely]]- Sculptor who built many kinetic artworks including some kinetic sound sculptures ((https://www.tinguely.ch/en/tinguely/tinguely-biographie.html)) ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xp2jjSaRVg)) \\
[[Élektrik Toboggan]]- \\
[[Guillaume Toutain]]- Inventor of the Keytan, a melodic drum.\\
[[Thomas Truax]]- Experimental musician and acoustic instrument builder who uniquely exists in the pop music world ((www.thomastruax.com)) ((https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasTruaxMusic/videos))\\ 

=====U =====
[[Halldor Ulfarsson]]- Maker of the Halldorophone a cello like electroacoustic instrument intended to bridge the gap between electronic and acoustic instruments. ((http://halldor.gr/About.html)) ((https://www.halldorophone.info/about/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/user/Whalerion/videos)) \\ 
[[Sam Underwood]]- Finalist in the 2021 [[Guthman Competition]] ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw2gcYrZQnw)) ((https://www.youtube.com/c/MammothBeatOrgan/videos)) ((https://www.mrunderwood.co.uk/experiments/)) \\
[[N. U. Unruh]]- Instrument maker for the band [[Einstürzende Neubauten]].\\
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[[Glissonic|Dániel Váczi]] along with [[Glissonic|Tóbias Terebessy]] founded the [[Glissonic]] instrument company. \\
[[Petr Válek]]- Noise composer who uses [[Found Objects]] works under the title [[Petr Válek|The VAPE]] \\
[[Max Vandervorst]]- Builds instruments out of recycled materials, especially plastic bottles. His ensemble is a [[Trash Orchestra]]. \\
[[Hernan Vargas]]- Experimental instrument maker in Oaxaca, Mexico who makes ceramic instruments. Instrument maker for [[Suena Barro]]. ((https://www.facebook.com/barromadre)) ((https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/espaciocomal/espacio-comal)) ((http://www.suenabarro.com/)) ((https://suenabarro.bandcamp.com)) \\
[[Anna Vasof]]- Intermedia artist whos work frequently features sound sculptures. ((https://vimeo.com/annavasof)) ((https://www.instagram.com/anna.vasof_exhibitions/)) ((https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006943968403))\\ 
[[Tom Verbruggen]]- Known under the name Toktek, electronic instrument sculpture maker. ((http://www.toktek.org/Site/home.html)) ((https://instrumentsmakeplay.nl/album/toktek-tom-verbruggen/)) \\
[[Fernando Vigueras]]- Makes experimental sound installations\\
[[Reigo Vilbiks]]- Sound healing instrument maker who makes elaborate string instruments under the name viamupill. ((https://www.facebook.com/vaimupill)) ((https://www.facebook.com/reigovilbiks/)) ((https://www.youtube.com/c/ReigoVilbiks/videos)) \\ 
[[Peter Vogel]]- \\


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[[Ei Wada]]- Japanese musician who makes instruments out of repurposed bar code scanners, televisions, and appliances. \\
[[Michel Waisvisz]]- Former director of [[STEIM]] and builder of electronic instruments and electronic controllers that have unusual ways of being interacted with. \\ 
[[Bendicht Walthert]]- Artist who makes sound based artworks that often involve surreal and magical realist objects. ((https://www.youtube.com/@bendichtwalthert/videos)) ((https://www.instagram.com/bendichtwalthert/?hl=en)) ((https://soundcloud.com/user-211827276)) \\ 
[[Dennis Waring]]- Author of many how to instrument making books which often have unique instruments. \\
[[Richard Waters]]- Inventor of the [[Waterphone]], featured on [[Oddmusic]]\\ 
[[Aaron Wendel]]- Builder of the [[Bubble Organ]], featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\ 
[[Bill Wesley]]- Inventor of the [[Array Nail Organ]] and the [[Array Mbira]]\\ 
[[Glenn Weyant]]- Found object sound artist who makes complex noise using a plethora of found materials. Featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Simon Whetham]]- Sound sculptor who makes small quite autonomous electric instruments out of parts of sound recorders and tape players. ((https://www.simonwhetham.co.uk/projects)) \\
[[Peter Whitehead]]- Instrument builder that uses found materials. \\
[[Georg Wiesmann]]- Instrument maker who makes tube based percussion instruments.  \\
[[Gregory J. Wildes]]- Instrument maker for the [[Gas Tank Orchestra]]. Featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\
[[Ervin Wilson]]- builder of microtonal keyboards and aided in repairing and diagramming the [[Partch ensemble]].\\
[[Kenny Wollesen]]- Co-founder along with [[Daniel Jodocy]] of [[Wollesonic]], an instrument maker collective in New York. ((http://www.wollesonic.com/?p=WOLLESONIC_BLURB&ms=m0&l=en&)) ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Wollesen)) ((https://www.instagram.com/p/BhcfAjlg6KF/))\\ 
[[Stan Wood]]- Inventor of the Vibraband. Collaborator to [[Ken Butler]]. \\ 
[[George Philip Wright]]- Builder of voice altering electronic instruments.\\

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

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[[Makoto Yabuki]]- Instrument builder for the [[Bamboo Orchestra]] made up of [[Harry Partch|Boo]] like instruments called "Také Marimba". ((http://www.bamboo-orchestra.com/fr/accueil/)) \\
[[Justice Yeldham]]- Australian free jazz musician who plays on an amplified [[Glass Shard]]\\
[[Gayle Young]]- \\

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[[Ernst Zacharias]]- Inventor of many [[Hohner Instruments]], the including the Cembalet, the Clavinet, the Guitaret, the Pianet, the Claviola and the Harmonetta.((https://www.soundonsound.com/people/ernst-zacharias-hohner-clavinet)) \\
[[Paweł Zadrożniak]]- Maker of the Floppotron ((https://www.youtube.com/c/Pawe%C5%82Zadro%C5%BCniak/videos)) ((http://silent.org.pl/home/)) \\ 
[[Isaac Zal]]- Inventor of the Harmonic Generator, Featured on [[Oddmusic]].\\ 
[[Bruno Zamborlin]]- Augmented reality electronic instrument builder known for making [[Bruno Zamborlin|HyperSurfaces]]. \\
[[Frank Zappa]]- Musical bike\\
[[Tom Zé]]- Known for his use of Dada and music concrete techniques as well as his involvement in the Tropicália movement in Brazil. ((http://www.tomze.com.br/)) ((http://tomze.com.br/antigo/)) ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Z%C3%A9)) \\






