Instruments

At the Augmented Instruments Lab, we build instruments with acoustic, electronic and digital technologies as well as entirely software-based instruments. Our instruments address many different musical contexts, often in collaboration with particular communities. Contact Us if you would like more information about playing any of the instruments on this page

Strummi
Accessible guitar-like instrument
Accessible Instruments
Embedded Hardware
Nep7uno
Capacitive-touch frequency modulation (FM) instrument
Unique Interfaces
Embedded Hardware
Capacitive Touch Guitar
Stringless guitar-like instrument
Accessible Instruments
Embedded Hardware
Magnetic Resonator Piano
Electromagnetically augmented acoustic piano
Acoustic Augmentation
HITar
Augmented guitar for percussive fingerstyle
Acoustic Augmentation
Machine Learning
Chaos Bells
Large digital instrument
Unique Interfaces
Embedded Hardware
The D-Box
A hackable digital instrument
Embedded Hardware
Unique Interfaces
Chowndolo
Magnetic pendulum instrument
Unique Interfaces
TouchKeys
Multi-touch sensing on the piano keyboard
Acoustic Augmentation
Hardware
ReHarp
Accessible Instrument to support recovery from Brain Injury
Accessible Instruments
Magpick
Augmented guitar plectrum
Acoustic Augmentation
Embedded Hardware
P-bRock Digital Bagpipes
Electronic bagpipe chanter interface
Teaching & Learning
Software
Accessible Instruments
Acoustic Augmentation