"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
By way of the Make Blog, check out this terrific collection of homemade musical instruments. I rather liked the Aeolian harp, and may have to build one to replace my windchimes at home.
Addendum: I’ll piggyback this page of musical automatons (with lots of great details) that Make also linked to.
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