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A wild musical instrument that’s powered by a balloon and a foot pump and made out of PVC pipe and clothespins. Invented by Aaron Wendell, a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Balloon Organ makes a mournful bagpipe-like sound… Each note is bendable, so a variety of satisfying and sometimes dissonant sounds ensue. A large inflated balloon to one side provides the steady air pressure for the drone. The instrument was created lat year in Eric Leonardson’s instrument construction class at the Art Institute. [Gear Wire, via Boing Boing and gizmodo.com]