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 ====Interface====
 Interface is the way that an instrument is interacted with in order to play. Changing the layout of frets on a guitar, changing the tuning of the strings, or changing the way a guitar is plucked are all examples of changing the interface of the instrument. Not all unique changes in interface qualify for an instrument to be on this wiki. Preferably the change in interface is paired with some other quality that is also unique.
-An instrument that sounds like an existing instrument but has a significant change in the way that they are played can qualify. Some good examples to think of are the various unusual [[ocarina]] and various unique keyboard layouts.
+An instrument that sounds like an existing instrument but has a significant change in the way that they are played can qualify. Some good examples to think of are the various unusual [[ocarina|ocarinas]] and various unique keyboard layouts.
-===size===
+===Interaction with player===
+===Size===
 Ideally this is both a change in the interface and pitch, this property only counts as the same thing. A change in the size of an instrument, making it drastically larger or smaller then the standard form of the instrument. If an instrument has a change in size it should be able to play in relative pitch, playing far higher and lower in pitch then the standard form as well.
-===reductive or additive===
+===Reductive or Additive===
 Instruments that have features added on top of their standard set of properties or have had elements that are unneeded removed.
-===scale===
+===Scale===
 Changing an existing instrument to be able to play a different scale (especially a non 12edo scale)
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 Creating a unique function for an instrument is an important quality to take into consideration. Instruments can be adapted to unique functions that does little to alter the physical form of the instrument but make dramatic changes in the way the instrument is played. This is a difficult to categorize as a trait and it is also difficult to use it as a qualifying property. An example of a significant change of function is the air gongs used in [[Songeh]]. The physical properties of the instruments is essentially identical to a didgeridoo but the context in which they are played and the expected playing method are very unique, and because of these properties the instruments do not serve the same function, and are not easily mistaken for one another.
+===Sound Sculpture===
+Musical instruments that have been turned into a [[Sound Sculpture]] can qualify under this category. All sound sculptures are considered musical instruments, since they are objects with the intended purpose to make sound. Sound sculptures can be unique and difficult to qualify because that may not be intended to be interpreted like other musical instruments. This is a function of them acting as an art objects, and their sound making may not be intended to be heard as music in the traditional sense, but as artworks instead. In giving sound sculptures these qualities some unique considerations of their function must be given.
+Sound sculptures can modify the meaning and function of existing instruments or found objects via the meaning generated in an art context. For this kind of modefication additional scrutiny of the other properties of the musical instrument are also taken into consideration.
+Sound sculptures may not be able to alter the sounds they generate by the player and may not be able to be interacted with at all by observers. This is similar to a player piano or a nickelodeon, both of which may not have options of the piece of music that is played, when they are activated, may not have options for the volume, the duration they play, or the timbre of the music produced. Like this, sound sculptures may play automatically and work without any outside influence of the observers. These properties can be used in combination with others to qualify an instrument on this wiki.
+===Self Contained Instruments===
+An important distinction for sound sculptures is if they contain the above qualities of being unable to be interacted with directly as well as being unable to be interacted with by other musical instruments and therefor not intended for any kind of ensemble playing. Having these qualities can make a sound sculpture [[Self Contained]]. Instruments that are self contained and sound sculptures are considered separate categories in this wiki. A self contained instrument must make its sound through acoustic means in order to qualify on this wiki.
 ====Aesthetic====
-A change in the aesthetics of an instrument is a change in the shape, color, material, or overall character of an instrument without making significant changes to the interface, function, or sound of the instrument. This property is not a qualifying factor on its own (think weird guitars).
+A change in the aesthetics of an instrument is a change in the shape, color, material, or overall character of an instrument without making significant changes to the interface, function, or sound of the instrument. This property is not a qualifying factor on its own (think weird guitars). An example of this is the Nellophone, an instrument that looks very unique but is an ornamented [[Thongophone]] with no distinguishing aspects to the quality of sound it produces. \\
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 ===material===