*A*
accordian
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try to find instruments beginning with different letters of the alphabet. if you can, get a picture of them
*A*
accordian
*A*
accordian
* B *
Bassoon
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
Double Bass
*E*
Euphonium
Euphonium
F
Flooooooooooooooooooot
Flooooooooooooooooooot
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ May 6 2007, 09:05 AM) 
F
Flooooooooooooooooooot
strange!! is it meant to be bent?!
Yes, it's a contrabass flute 
- you can get ones which aren't though.
- you can get ones which aren't though.
* G *
glockenspiel
glockenspiel
HHHHHAAAARRRRPPPP
harp
I next
harp
I next
Irish flute
Jaws Harp
Kazoo
Kazoo
L
Lyra viol
Lyra viol
Maracas
Nadaswaram
(It was either that or the Nose Flute and after the Jaws Harp I didn't want to seem too biological in an ENT kind of way)
(It was either that or the Nose Flute and after the Jaws Harp I didn't want to seem too biological in an ENT kind of way
)
Oboe(s)
Was looking just for an oboe d'amore, but found such a pretty piccy of the family that I went for it!
I'm not clear, from the key with it, which ones are the normal oboe and the Cor...
the first one looks too diddly to be a normal one. Maybe the picture is composite...
Was looking just for an oboe d'amore, but found such a pretty piccy of the family that I went for it!
I'm not clear, from the key with it, which ones are the normal oboe and the Cor...
the first one looks too diddly to be a normal one. Maybe the picture is composite...
*P*
Piano!!
Piano!!
Quena
Recorders
saxophone 
T
timpani
timpani
*U*
Ukulele
This is George Harrison playing George Formby's ukulele
*V*
Violin
(had to get in first!!)
Mmmmm Nice Strad!
Ukulele
This is George Harrison playing George Formby's ukulele
*V*
Violin
(had to get in first!!)
Mmmmm Nice Strad!
Ahhh but you forgot the violinist!
Wood block:
Xylophone.
Seemed a bit obvious but the pic is at least an interesting one!
Edit: 'Yellow-keyed' Xylophone!!!
Drat - sarah-flute got there first!
Drat - sarah-flute got there first!
How about re-labelling yours as 'yellow-keyed xylophone'? 
QUOTE(YetAnotherPianist @ May 16 2007, 12:52 PM)
How about re-labelling yours as 'yellow-keyed xylophone'?
Done!!!
Zither
Okay, I've loaded character map to see what comes next. Apparently it's:
{
I'd say that's a cymbal.
{
I'd say that's a cymbal
.
QUOTE(YetAnotherPianist @ May 16 2007, 12:55 PM)
Okay, I've loaded character map to see what comes next. Apparently it's:
{
I'd say that's a cymbal.
{
I'd say that's a cymbal
.
Nutter Could be a tenor's moustache :-{o
QUOTE(sarah-flute @ May 16 2007, 12:57 PM)
QUOTE(YetAnotherPianist @ May 16 2007, 12:55 PM)
Okay, I've loaded character map to see what comes next. Apparently it's:
{
I'd say that's a cymbal.
{
I'd say that's a cymbal
. Nutter Could be a tenor's moustache :-{o
Hehehe!
http://www.handlebarclub.co.uk/
How about we go around again, this time in German?
A: Altblockflöte
A: Altblockflöte
Bass Posaune
http://hem.passagen.se/posaune/Niknnic3.JPG
(OK so it's some sort of contrabass trombone but I couldn't resist the picture...)
Hmmph
http://hem.passagen.se/posaune/Niknnic3.JPG
(OK so it's some sort of contrabass trombone but I couldn't resist the picture...)
Hmmph
It didn't work
Cembalo
Dudelsack
QUOTE(sarah-flute @ May 16 2007, 12:39 PM)
Ahhh but you forgot the violinist!
You got George (with the uke) though!! You just want too much...
(Mind you the violins DO have an uncanny resemblance in my pic and yours
)Anyway onwards
Englischhorn
Thus leaving the coast clear now for the bunch of sticks from someone
QUOTE(janexxx @ May 17 2007, 04:09 PM)
QUOTE(sarah-flute @ May 16 2007, 12:39 PM)
Ahhh but you forgot the violinist!
You got George (with the uke) though!! You just want too much...(Mind you the violins DO have an uncanny resemblance in my pic and yours
)Hehehehe!
Fagott
Vot haf you forgott?
G
Gemshorn
G
Gemshorn
QUOTE(anacrusis @ May 17 2007, 08:36 PM)
Vot haf you forgott?
*groan*
Hackbrett
(sounds like someone clearing their throat!)
(I like Holzblasinstrument too
)
H
Hackbrett
bahhhh, too slow!
Hackbrett
bahhhh, too slow!
- great minds??!
hehe, or found the same thing on the same search....
I
das ist aber schwierig....
Instrument im Stock
J
Jodler
(alright, so I'm barrel-scraping, not technically an instrument, more instrumental abuse )
I
das ist aber schwierig....
Instrument im Stock
J
Jodler
(alright, so I'm barrel-scraping, not technically an instrument, more instrumental abuse
)
QUOTE(anacrusis @ May 18 2007, 12:27 AM)
hehe, or found the same thing on the same search....
probably more likely! 
Konzertina:
L
Laute (only they're quiet, notlaut loud)
M
Maultrommel
N
Nasenflöte
(I don't share Barry Thain's inhibition on these odd instruments - but then, I suspect he was thinking about Japanese nose flutes?)
Anyone for a kist o' whistles?
Laute (only they're quiet, not
M
Maultrommel
N
Nasenflöte
(I don't share Barry Thain's inhibition on these odd instruments - but then, I suspect he was thinking about Japanese nose flutes?)
Anyone for a kist o' whistles?
Back to kettle drums? Or can we cheat and have the trombone, given there was already the most spectacular piece of Victorian plumbing on the German section of the thread?
QUOTE
Back to kettle drums?
Yes, why not
.Pauken:
Querflöte:
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