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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 1)
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 2)
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 3)
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
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- XT Synth
Matthew Steinke- Stepper Rattle
Jan Heinke- Stahlcello
Matt Borland- Shruti Box
Wesley Hicks- Microtonal Ocarina
2019
semi-finals
finals 8)
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
2021
Competition gallery- 11)
The 2021 Guthman Competition was conducted differently then the prior competitions due to difficulties surrounding the Covid 19 pandemic. The event was moved to online and the finalists are picked based off the public voting conducted on the Guthman Competition (Georgia Tech) website.
Judges & Moderators
Grace Leslie- moderator
Kaki King- Judge
Peter Kirn
Roger Linn
Raghavasimhan Sankaranarayanan
Semi Finalists
There were 29 Semifinalists for the 2021 competition, a striking divergence from the structure of prior years.
Aodyo Instruments- Sylphyo 12) 13)
OWOW- MIDIS, built by Twan Muste 14)
Genki Instruments- Wave 15) 16)
Juan Arminandi- Maksnovation Instrument 17)
Bradford Reed- The Pencilina 18)
Evan Swanson: TheoryBoard 19)
Odisei Music- Travel Sax 20) 21)
Sam Underwood & Graham Dunning- Mammoth Beat Organ 22) 23)
Cortex Design- Lumatone Isomorphic Keyboard, made by Siemen Terpstra and Dylan Horvath 24)
Brian Alexander- “Q” 25) 26)
Allan Montan and the OMIT Team- The OMIT Instrument 27)
Eric Pitra- Stereo Field 28)
Patricia Cadavid- Electronic_Khipu_ 29) 30)
André Taques- Rainbow Double Whistle 31)
Úlfur Hansson- Segulharpa (Electromagnetic Harp) 32)
David Shea, Monica Lim, Mirza Ceyzar- Electromagnetic Piano 33)
Dualo- du-touch S, made by Jules Hotrique & Bruno Verbrugghe 34)
Clark Battle- Evolano 35)
PanMuse & Panaiotis- Bandojo Digital Musical Instrument 36)
Kamil Laszuk, Jakub Kozik, Ida Laszuk- Musicon 37)
Jon Pickard- 23 string Harp Guitar 38)
Rafaele Andrade- Knurl 39)
Atlas Çoğulu, Tolgahan Çoğulu, Ruşen Can Acet 40)- Lego Microtonal Guitar 41)
Piers Titus van der Torren- The Striso 42)
Steve Parker- War Tuba 43)
Artiphon- Orba, made by Mike Butera 44)
Nomi Abadi- NORY® double synth 45)
Mihalis Shammas- Kyklophonon 46) 47)
Axel Bluhme- Spin 48)
Finalists
Anna Weisling- Commentator
Gregory Taylor- Commentator
Jocelyn Kavanagh Jason Freeman
2022
Semifinalists Gallery 49)
The 2022 Guthman Competition was conducted in a similar manner to the 2021 competition due to difficulties surrounding the Covid 19 pandemic. The event was moved to online and the finalists are picked based off the public voting conducted on the Guthman Competition (Georgia Tech) website.
Judges
Semifinalists
Jammy Guitar-