Listen to this newly invented instrument

The Venova is a new instrument designed by Yamaha. It’s a combination of a saxophone and a recorder. The Venova still retains some of the traditional aspects of its predecessors like the reed mouthpiece and recorder fingering. But the body is significantly shorter with a unique branched pipe structure. Watch our video to see how Venova music sounds. Quartz is a digital news outlet dedicated to telling stories at the intersection of the important and the interesting. Visit us at to read more. Become a member of Quartz, your exclusive guide to the global economy: