Bradford Reed is an American multi-instrumentalist, experimental luthier, and member of the avant-garde band King Missile III.

In the 1980s he invented the pencilina, a custom made string instrument.

The pencilina is similar in construction to two long connected thin zithers.

The divided strings can be then played separately, resulting in various harmonic overtones.

The Pencilina was featured on the book/album Orbitones, Spoonharps and Bellowphones (Elipsis Arts) and is described in Nice Noise by Bart Hopkin and Yuri Landman.