Most instruments played well grips my heart and holds. But steelpan. People see it as something carnival something something, but it fits well for a surprisingly wide span of music! The power of the bass pans in death metal as much as the "synthiness" in a melody from some NES game, it fits!
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Vibraphone
Very cool too and vaguely consistent with my other picks. They're all metallic percussive keyboard type instruments involving mallets to some extent
Edit: Metallophones seem to be my sweet spot, in terms of instrument category
It's simple, piano. It's funny, I've trying to learn this instrument since back when my late father bought one, yet I still can't play one.
Synth
I'm going with the Mellotron.
It's a keyboard that uses strings of tapes for each note. It pulls the tape over a head and plays that note until the tape runs out. When you're playing fast, sometimes the tape isn't all the way down, so it makes everything sound super custom.
Think Strawberry Fields by the Beatles. That's a Mellotron you're hearing.
As a musician the Monome Norns raspberry pi shield and lines community has been inspiring me a lot lately. It's a FOSS "sound computer" that can take on hundreds of uses.
For anyone looking to get into brass instruments, this is a great example of how a horn can be made to sing. Itβs the first time I had ever heard someone put their soul into a horn.
To be clear, this isnβt something a novice can play. The notes heβs hitting are hard.
The Theremin and not just weird sci-fi/horror way of playing it. It can be a real instrument if it is played in a way that treats it as such.
Idk, compasses are quite cool and useful?
What do they do? Or is this a joke answer
They point north. Or create circles.
Harpsichord. Below the streets of St Paul in (that) London.
If you know, you know.
I can play this one and doing so has always felt pleasant.
Can you give the name in the comment, kinda hard to peruse when its a link you gotta follow to find out :)
The glass harmonica
Omg, actually a fave of mine too i totally forgot about!
We had to learn how to play an instrument in school and everything else seemed mundane.
I love the wine-glass array version of this :)
My oma played a zither so I give that a mention for another thing Iβve not heard in nearly 30 years.
But, my serious go to for relaxation is the erhu. Iβm surprised that hasnβt had a mention.
Uilleann Pipes
As heard on Bryan Adams, When You Love Someone.
Ronroco!