A crowd gathers around the organ at St. Burchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, to witness an October 2013 note change. Peter Förster/Picture Alliance via Getty Images January 24, 2024 In an ancient church in Germany, a 639-year organ performance of a John Cage composition is about to have its next note change Rob Haskins, University of New Hampshire The new note will be sustained for a relatively ‘brief’ two years.
AP Photo/Martin Meissne May 17, 2023 Showy, impractical to play, and looks like the 1980s: why we keep falling for the keytar Paul (Mac) McDermott, University of Sydney Perth synth-metal band Voyager was voted ninth in the world at the 2023 Eurovisions. Was the keytar the secret to their success?
NOAA/NASA GOES Project February 23, 2017 You are living inside a massive, musical instrument – and here’s what it sounds like Martin Archer, Queen Mary University of London The Earth’s magnetic field acts like a giant instrument playing magnetic music.
18th century German cranial brace and bit to create holes in the skulls. Wellcome Library January 21, 2014 Ten weird and terrifying medical instruments from the past Mark Lorch, University of Hull The UK’s largest medical charity, the Wellcome Trust, has made its vast database of images freely available to all. The collection holds photos of hundreds of years worth of medicine, instruments and scientific…