I guess I might get a lot of unwanted attention when using the word “hacking.” In my practice, it’s not about gaining unauthorized access, but rather a word for altering acoustic instruments using electromotors etc. I’ve made some installations and concerts for children using the “Meidells Musikkmaskin” moniker, and regularly use small handheld dc-motors, solenoids and such to alter the potentials residing in acoustic instruments. One of the videos here shows a snippet from a piece I wrote called SirkEl, where a saxophone quartet was augmented by a fifth robotic saxophone also acting as a conductor for the ensemble, indicating tempo’s using led lights, and playing percussion, noise and bird-like bleeps and blops.