Sep 28th, 2008 · Last week, host Andrea Seabrook asked listeners to send in home recordings and photographs of their oddest musical instrument. The responses were eclectic, and some were indeed strange. Here is a smattering of some of the more interesting instrument descriptions from listeners.
Sep 21st, 2008 · Host Andrea Seabrook asks listeners to send in home recordings of their oddest musical instrument. Those recordings can be e-mailed to NPRHomework@gmail.com.
Feb 16th, 2007 · For reasons that remain mostly mysterious, the note we call "B flat" does the oddest things. It aggravates alligators, it lurks in the stairwell of an office building, and it emanates from a supermassive black hole 250 million light years from Earth.
Mar 4th, 2006 · The Bookseller Magazine awards its 28th annual Diagram Prize for the oddest book title. Neither Rhino Horn Stockpile Management nor Ancient Starch Research won. Bookseller Deputy Editor Joel Rickett tells Susan Stamberg what did.