At one end of the 500 foot long main auditorium of the Atlantic City Convention Hall sits one of the most magnificent musical instruments. The largest pipe organ in the world.

The Armonica, a spinning glass instrument, looks like it is part of a 20th century experimental orchestra. It was, in fact, invented by none other than Benjamin Franklin. Gerhard Finkenbeiner will make you an Armonica for $7000 out of pure quartz glass, which is completely lead free.

formed in 1998 and with 11 orchestra members, the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra plays music on instruments made entirely out of fresh vegetables.

As an encore at the end of the concert and the video performance, the audience is offered fresh vegetable soup.

Robb Stewart created a Flugel Horn for Jim Self, with one special feature. It is the size of a Tuba - hence Fluba

Harry Bertoia was a sculptor that is internationally famous for his classic mid-century modern furniture. Lesser know are his sound sculptures, which his son Val constinued to develop.

The six person accordion is over 6 feet high and has a keyboard spanning 10 octaves. Castors on the bottom allow a team of people to wheel the bellows in and out to make a sound.

The digital needle creates sound recordings from scanned images of record surfaces. Why? Because you can.

$150 buys you what you always wanted - a portable digeridoo.

” The traveler will fit in any suitcase or carry-on luggage, your backpack, briefcase or be your constant companion in an automobile or just sitting next to your computer for an instant shift in consciousness, from digital to didjital in just a couple of breaths.”

Yup, this is what it says. A pair of musicos travel around the outback in Australia creating over 40 performances played on barbed wire livestock fences.

Musical saw playing may not be that uncommon, but its still strange. Stranger still is the fact that there is an International Musical Saw Headquarters.