Artist turns weapons into musical instruments

Weapons are harbingers of death. Giving these tools of destruction a better shot at life, Mexican artist Pedro Reyes has come up with this beautiful piece of art. In essence a stringed instrument made from firearms, this one is part of a series of 50 musical instruments. All fabricated from various weapons including revolvers, shot guns and machine guns, these were made from a total of 6700 pieces of weaponry. With the help of six more musicians, Reyes managed to come up with these instruments of piece in two weeks!

A concert played using the musical instruments made from weapons