(CNN)-- In the world of music-making, quirky new instruments tend to come and go. But one description-defying gadget from Yamaha, the Tenori-on, might prove to be more than a fad. First launched in ...

From the mind that brought you ElectroPlankton comes the Tenori-on (finally!): an 8 x 8-inch magnesium square brimming with 256 tiny, pressable, blinking LEDs and even gestural controls that make it ...

Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing ...

Yamaha launched its so-called Tenori-on, an electronic musical instrument with a built-in sound module, in 2007 for a recommended retail price of $1,200. The device, which consists of a touch screen ...

Lite-Brite returns as an electronica beat box. Tenori-on means "music in the palm of your hand" in Japanese, and that's exactly what you get from Toshio Iwai, the Japanese digital media artist behind ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Yamaha's Tenori-on has a habit of impressing pretty much everyone who plays it, but the brutal ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Still an exciting concept but there are restrictions here, so you may decide that the original ...

I have seen some strange musical gadgets before, but the Tenori-On from Yamaha is one of the strangest. We first spied the original gadget way back in 2007 when it debuted. The original device is far ...

When electronic music entered the mainstream in the 1960s and 1970s, giant synthesizers with walls of patch cords and knobs dwarfed everything else on the concert stage. They weren’t always dependable ...

Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing ...