Kathmandu- The tiniest instrument ever constructed was so little that it had to be made in a science lab. We refer to it as the nanoharp. It is around 140 atoms thick and composed of a single silicon atom. Extremely challenging to play, particularly for those with sausage fingers like me. That being said, it makes no difference because the sound it produces is inaudible to humans.
It is made up of two square and one triangle endpiece, with a number of different-length “strings” extending between them. The entire apparatus is around the size of a single red blood cell, and the strings are actually silicon rods that range in length from 1000 to 8000 nm and have a diameter of 50 nm (150 atoms).
