Most Memorable Fictional Instruments

The Ressikan Flute from Star Trek: The Next Generation appears in "The Inner Light," a highly acclaimed episode.Star Trek: The Next GenerationCaptain Picard (Patrick Stewart) gets hit by an energy beam in the fifth season. The alien probe lets Picard live 40 years as a scientist named Kamin, whose civilization faces ruin. Only about 25 minutes pass in real time.

Picard learns to play Kamin's flute, a woodwind from Kataan, during his journey. He keeps the instrument after waking up, remembering Kamin and his secret life.

The Kloo hornThis long, skinny wind instrument has an S-shaped mouthpiece and double reed, like a bassoon. It first shows up in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.Star Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeFigrin D'an, the band's leader, plays the Kloo horn in the Mos Eisley cantina scene. Lirin Car'n, another band member, plays the Kloo horn too.

Several characters in the Star Wars galaxy use the Kloo horn.Star WarsThe galaxy of entertainment uses the Kloo horn as a common instrument. Star Wars lore says Lirin D'avi is the best master of the instrument.Star WarsLirin D'avi is typically considered the greatest master of the Kloo horn in Star Wars lore.

Mr. Spock uses music to handle his social limits. He plays the Vulcan lyre off-duty in his quarters.

Spock uses music to overcome social limits. He accompanies Lieutenant Uhura serenading "Charlie X" in the crew mess or jams with space hippies in "The Way To Eden." Groovy.

The Fox animated series FuturamaFuturama takes place 1,000 years in the future. The Holophonor, an oboe/clarinet type instrument with a holographic projector that shows images based on mood, is used. The instrument copies the Visi-Sonor from Isaac Asimov's science-fiction series, the Foundation trilogy.Foundationtrilogy

In the episode "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings," Fry makes a deal with the Robot Devil to play the instrument and make Leela love him. Fry loses his musical skill later.Fry makes a deal with the Robot Devil to play the instrument and make Leela fall in love with him.Fry plays the instrument to make Leela love him with the Robot Devil. The plan fails because Fry eventually loses his musical skill.

The bandfillNalan Cheel plays the bandfill, a jazz instrument. Cheel is in the all-Bith band "Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes." Fans know it as the Star Wars Cantina Band.Star WarsThe Cantina Band is a wind instrument. It has several horns and a boxy structure that looks like a mix of an accordion and a bagpipe. It first appears inStar Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, among other instruments played by the band.

In theEpisode IVObi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) visit the Mos Eisley cantina. They seek transport off Tatooine. Modal Nodes play their song "Mad About Me" for a small crowd. Luke meets Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and his co-pilot Chewbacca.

The Baliset appears in David Lynch's 1984 film adaptation of the sci-fi novel, appearing only in a deleted scene in extended cuts. It also appears in the 2000 Syfy miniseries.Frank Herbert's Dune appears in the list of most memorable fictional instruments.The baliset is a fictional nine-stringed instrument that looks like a sitar. Imperial troubadours use it; players play it like a stand-up bass guitar.

Warmaster Gurney Halleck (Patrick Stewart in the David Lynch version) plays the baliset. He uses the instrument to entertain House Atreides guests and members. He recites proverbs while playing.

The slitherhorn, or traz, is a wind instrument resembling a saxophone. It first appears inThe slitherhorn appears in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.Doda Bodonawieedo, a green-skinned Rodian, shares Han Solo's enemy Greedo's species. He plays the most popular traz and performs with the Max Rebo Band.

The Max Rebo Band plays as Jabba the Hutt's house band on Tatooine. The group also plays in several other locations.The Max Rebo Band performs in Star Wars galaxy.The Max Rebo Band performs in the galaxy.

Prior to the Enchantress casting a spell on the Prince in the 1997 animated movieThe Forte appears in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.Forte acted as a music conductor and friend to the Prince. When the Prince becomes a beast, Forte becomes a large pipe organ mounted to a wall.

Other palace servants who turn into objects want to be human again, except for the villainous Forte. Forte likes his new role, playing music to cheer the Beast and feeling more important than in human form.

Forte plans to stop Belle and the Beast from falling in love so he can stay a pipe organ forever. The good guys stop Forte's evil plan, which meant killing both the Beast and Belle, when the Beast rips the keyboard from Forte's pipe-organ body.

Max Rebo is the blue elephant-like keyboardist and band leader forMax Rebo plays for Jabba the Hutt.Sy Snootles and the Rebo Band, Jabba the Hutt's house musicians, are not convincing creations from the Lucasfilm creature shop. They look like Play-Doh. Their short, sausage-like fingers seem too clumsy to play well.

The organ with a circular keyboard looks fun to play. As long as you do not anger Jabba and end up in the Rancor pit.

Tobias (Demore Barnes), a veteran serial slayer, tries to get Hannibal's (Mads Mikkelsen) attention to kill him in the Season 1 episode ofHannibal appears in the list of most memorable fictional instruments.Tobias owns a music store and teaches lessons. A student notices the strings on his instructor's cello, usually catgut, feel wrong.

The audience sees a flashback: Tobias slays a man. Tobias takes the target's intestines and makes them musical strings. Tobias leaves the vocal cords in the corpse and plays the open neck wound with a bow, turning the man into a human instrument.This makes him a human instrument. Yup, it is unbelievably creepy.This becomes a human instrument. It is unbelievably creepy.

Canadian comedy-horror seriesThe book grants wishes, but it is also demonic and preys on weak students. Most wishes cause bad results, like Monkey's-Paw.In the pilot, Todd (Alex House) uses the book for a wish. He wants to be a heavy-metal god, so the book turns into an electric guitar. Todd becomes a great guitarist, even winning Jenny (Maggie Castle)'s affection. However, the magic book-guitar makes Todd evil; his playing can cause people to bleed. After Todd loses his guitar skill, Todd and his crew of friends realize they must destroy the book.

In the pilot, Todd (Alex House) uses the book to make a wish. He wishes to be a heavy-metal god. The book turns into an electric guitar. Todd becomes a great guitarist, winning Jenny (Maggie Castle)'s affection. But, things have consequences. The magic book-guitar makes Todd evil. His playing can make people bleed suddenly. After Todd loses his guitar skill, Todd and hisThe alien mothership can cross the void and has a huge subwoofer. It plays a sound so loud it breaks a window.In Terry Gilliam's 1988 film.

Steven Spielberg's 1977 UFO epic reaches a huge peak. Humans and aliens talk through music. They trade short musical phrases to build a shared language.

The Torturer's Apprentice.

Terry Gilliam's 1988 spectacle featuresThe Adventures of Baron MunchausenThe Baron visits the Sultan in Constantinople. He nearly loses his head in a wine bet. To pass the time before his likely execution, the cruel Sultan plays songs from his work-in-progress operetta.The Torturer's Apprentice.

He plays an organ attached to a cage holding several poor, ragged prisoners. Certain key presses shoot sharp spikes into the cage, adding an extrashiverof human yelps play to the tune. The Baron, clearly scared by this, tries to keep a blank smile.

The nasty "Mouse Organ" takes center stage in a short, memorable sketch fromMonty Python's Flying CircusThe musician, played by Python Terry Jones, gives a long speech. He explains that many mice line up and train so each squeaks a specific pitch with a mallet.

He strikes them with a mallet. This moment is darkly hilarious. Fifty years later, it still touches on bad taste.

Bluegrass serves as a cyborg pilot and lawman in the 1980s.This is an animated television series. SilverHawks.The second-in-command pilot of the Maraj, Bluegrass lacks wings. This makes him the only SilverHawk who cannot fly. Bluegrass also does not carry the typical six-shooters a cowboy might expect.

Bluegrass quickly draws his trusty guitar, "Hot Licks," during danger. Hot Licks fires blue energy notes. These notes create a deadly mix of sound waves and lasers.

Star Trek: The Next Generation.Ensign Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes) spent much of her childhood as a refugee from Bajor. Cardassian occupiers held her down. Still, she has good memories of her father playing the belaklavion to scare away monsters under her bed.

The belaklavion is a Bajoran stringed instrument. It is very hard to play. Ro's father never mastered it, but he liked the challenge. The instrument acts as a literary device showing Ro's good memories of her besieged culture.

This occurred in the 1980s.This is a BBC television series. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.Humanoid Hotblack Desiato (Barry Frank Warren) leads the band Disaster Area. Desiato uses the ajuitar as his instrument.

We do not see the ajuitar, but it must be a major device. Disaster Area is known as the loudest band in the galaxy. Desiato appears in blue armor, enjoying a drink at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.