Horror Musical Instrument - The Apprehension Engine

*NEW* The Apprehension Engine has come a long way since this video was made. Here’s a performance from 2020: I made a sketch of an idea I had for an instrument that specialized in creating horrifying sounds, and together with my good friend Tony Duggan-Smith, we designed it and Tony built it for me, with the intention of using it in horror film score. Credit where credit is due: the ideas was influenced by a Vimeo video called, “Koka’s Soundtrack Box #1“. Go see for yourself. It’s pretty cool. It consists of metal rulers which are bowed, a hurdy gurdy like mechanism, a string played with an attached Ebow, a spring reverb (also played with an ebow) some long metal rods, magnets, trash, anything at all to get unnerving sounds. To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email licensing@