Istanbul-based musician Görkem Şen ditched the traditional instruments and created a new, multi-purpose instrument called the yabahar that sounds as strange as it looks.

The instrument can be played in various ways because it has a vertical fretted neck with strings that connect to coiled springs that end at two drum-like membranes.

The fretted, stringed neck can be played by plucking the strings or with a bow while the membranes and coils can be hit with a mallet like the head of a drum.

A little bulky to put in a travel case, but neat looking.

Via Mashable.