Favorite instrument NAME

[Richardo]

Thanks to ChavezSpeakstheTruth

[arwalden]

1. Jews Harp

[Lavender Brown]

2. Kazoo!

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. Mellotron

[progmom]

21. oh yeah - that gets my vote! nt

[7th_Sephiroth]

4. Piccolo

and not just because he can kick your ass

[htuttle]

5. A Theremin is the only instrument that you play without touching it

Always thought that was cool.

[Richardo]

7. plus the name sounds like an over-the-counter cold remedy.

[Sabriel]

6. Didgeridoo n/t

[Richardo]

Good one!

[Patiod]

8. Glockenspiel because I used to play it

I quit band before the Born to Run album came out, the first time I ever heard the instrument sound so cool....

[Squeech]

9. The Rackett

An early double reed (precursor to the bassoon). Apparently justified its name.

I also like the Serpent, a primitive tuba shaped like an actual snake. Some versions even had fangs!

[Goldmund]

10. No faggot?

[Richardo]

12. Ah yes the old 'bundle of sticks': the bassoon.

Faggoti, I thought.

[Goldmund]

14. "Faggoti" is plural

:)

[AllegroRondo]

15. NO BASSON JOKES PLEASE!!

OK, go ahead.

I was a professional basson player for 13 years. loads of fun.

But I knew a trombone player once....
he was playing a solo originally written for bassoon and asked my advice on it. His first question "who is this composer named Faggott?"

[Political_Junkie]

11. Balalaika

n/t

[DelawareValleyDem]

13. Contrabassoon

[AllegroRondo]

16. What about the Sarousaphone?

a double reed saxophone. sounds just awful.

[Richardo]

18. That's a new one on me...

...sounds horrible! :scared:

[Courtesy Flush]

17. Didgeridoo

[sans qualia]

19. Zither!

Zither zither ziiiiiith... er! :D

[Magrittes Pipe]

20. The skin flute.

[Richardo]

24. Wow! 20 posts for 'skin flute' to make an appearance. Wait let me rephrase

...that. :scared:

Anyway - we lasted a lot longer than I thought we would. Wait let me rephrase THAT... :crazy:

[Magrittes Pipe]

25. You're just getting yourself deeper in that hole.

Wait, let me rephrase that....

[Richardo]

31. Well then I'll just quickly withdraw my...

...wait a second.

[dethl]

22. Euphonium

I used to play one in band. The marching variation was fun, but holding it like a trumpet gets hard after awhile.

[the Princess]

23. OBO! :)

[Redleg]

26. Skin flute.

Dammit- I see someone beat me to it.

[MercutioATC]

27. The Dooduk

It's actually a great wind instrument.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. Sackbut

Ancestor of the trombone. Here's a pic of a sackbut family:

[Flammable Materials]

29. I think Glockenspiels are a SWEET instrument.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

30. The Hirtenschalmei

http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/hirtensh.htm

[dean_dem]

32. Saxo-ma-phone! That or Tuba-ma-bo.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

33. I live to serve - and Happy birthday! BTW

[Richardo]

37. Thanks, CStT...

:)

[regularguy]

34. Git-fiddle

My friend's grandmother asked used to ask us if we were playin' our git-fiddles. (Guit-fiddle?)

[Waistdeep]

35. The Spoils of War

One of Harry Partch's instruments.

Or the Cloud Chamber Bowls.

Play them here

[bunkerbuster1]

36. Ax.

"Ax," of course, can be anything.

so that's my favorite name.

[donheld]

38. where's the skin flute

:shrug: