Inside Ken Butler’s Workshop: Play & Hear Experimental Musical Instruments

Did you know you could create an instrument from a lawnmower attached to a gun? Or how about a violin from a hammer?

Join New York Adventure Club for an exclusive tour of Hybrid Visions studio, the experimental instrument workshop of artist and musician Ken Butler, who has been creating new and unique instruments out of everyday items for the past 30 years.

From an instrument made out of a beach paddle with a ukulele neck to a Golf Club Sitar, our unique experience at Hybrid Visions will include:

• The story of how Ken got into the craft of hybrid instruments, which all started by accident when he decided to transform a small hatchet he found on the ground into a violin.

• A walkthrough of the workshop, which contains hundreds of different hybrid instruments including an instrument made from a hockey stick & tennis racquet, piano retrofitted with a network of lights and mechanical gadgets, and bass made from a sea bass model.

• A chance to hold and play some of Ken’s hybrid instruments.

• A live musical demonstration by Ken himself, who has traveled the world with his innovative instruments and works of art.

$25-$29