Stella Artois recently collaborated with New York designer Andy Cavatorta and indie band Cold War Kids to create an entirely new set of musical instruments as a tribute to the Belgian brand's signature goblets.

The Chalice Symphony features four original instruments that have been crafted with a large number of Stella Artois chalices. Each instrument has its own distinct sound and inspiration for its creation. Flames ignite the Pyrophone into vibrating, using the inside of the glasses' shape to mimic a singer's mouth. The Violina, powered by small motors, brings chalices in and out of contact with three circular bows of Mongolian horsehair to create several tones and nuances. The movements of orreries - mechanical models of the solar system - inspire the Star Harp, a self-playing instrument that uses the stems of each chalice as a bridge and their bowls as resonators. Lastly, the Hive plays the footed cups with small piano hammers to provide more precise notes.

Cold War Kids have composed an original track, 'A Million Eyes', using the instruments in collaboration with Cavatorta, available for free on the project’s website.

Other recent projects rethinking musical composition include Living Symphonies, which turned selected England woodland into an orchestra with the movements of flora and fauna within triggering unique sounds. Forest Symphony, meanwhile, saw Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto transforming bioelectric data collected from trees into ethereal soundscapes.