Experimental musical instrument development of new instruments. Besides producing instruments themselves, these organisations also run active artist-in-residence programs and invite artists for developing new art works, workshops, and presentations. Yearly the Guthman Instrument Competition takes place at Georgia Tech. Experimental musical instrument An experimental musical instrument (or custom-made instrument) is a musical instrument that modifies or extends an existing instrument or class of instruments, or defines or creates a new class of instrument. Some are created through simple modifications, such as cracked drum cymbals or metal objects inserted between piano strings in a prepared piano. Some experimental instruments are created from household items
English terms with diacritical marks associated with specific fields (especially cooking or musical terms) are less likely to lose their accents (such as the French "soupçon", "façade" and "entrée"). Some Spanish words with the Spanish letter "ñ" have been naturalised by substituting English "ny" (e.g. Spanish "cañón" is now usually English "canyon", Spanish "piñón" is now usually English "pinyon pine"). Certain words like "piñata", "jalapeño" and "quinceañera" are usually kept intact. In many instances the "ñ" is replaced with the plain letter "n". In words of German origin, the letters with umlauts "ä, ö, ü" may be written "ae, oe, ue". This could be seen