which instruments have you enjoyed playing (any type of instrument)

mine would have to be
1 bach stradivarius trumpet - my current trumpet and boy do i love it!!! lovely sound. really easy valves and great on the high notes.
2 besson 700 cornet,- a very nice cornet - shame i quit the band that were loaning it to me- lovely trigger movement - not to heavy - a good all round cornet.
3 casio ct-6000 - despite being really heavy and old this is a no nonsense keyboard - but dispite its age has a very realistic sound - it is very sinple - with no key to press to change instruments and no fiddling with buttons to transpose- just a simple slide bar - it also has a lovely pitch bend with gliss and slide options - and you can choose how far the pitch can be bent as well
- there are my favourite instruments, please add yours...

Erm

just my yamaha sax- its very nice hehe

Yes....I second that!! Apart from the trumpet sound, - The pitch bend rocks!!

Buffet B12 Clarinet Rocks....

Boosey and Hawkes Sovereign flugel - this also rocks, although the valves are a little rattley...

true - the trumpet sound on that is a bit naff- but the pitch bend is fun!!!

I played a Bluthner concert grand piano once... *dreams* That was the most GORGEOUS piano I've ever played...

We have a Bluthner Grand at school....it's a baby grand though. It's so-so.

I've played 3 Steinway grands in my time and the Bluthner WAY surpassed any of them...

CAUGH CAUGH -!!!!RUBBISH!! -CAUGHT !!!!!
that piano is dire - it's terrible out of tune odball- eva wondered why miss O broght ner electric in for bugsy??

Why is it they never tune school pianos??? It makes me angry...

Yeah, the touch is shocking too. It's a horrid colour.... and plays like a tank

True. I hated her piano, such a pain to assemble, even the master of flatpacking Miss Keeley couldn't do it, lol...

Lol! If you call something out of tune and that plays like a tank "so-so", then I dread to think what kind of pianos you're used to playing!

I AGGREE- we only tried 4 times - annd then she said dont worry - just when we'd got it right - she then pu tit on the table for the rest of the week grrrrrrr!!!!!

Well there's Matravers school for you

Lol, school pianos really aren't great are they? Someone managed to remove the mechanism for the sustain pedal on one of ours. I dread to think what mark I'm going to get for GCSE performing. If only I could think of a way to take my own piano to school... You know, I think I might try and invent the world's first ever folding acoustic piano...

Cool! Is there any chance you can record it at home?? It would benefit you more....that's if you've got the equipment.....

Removed the sustaining mechanism? Wow....now they're either a really good piano engineer or a chav gave it a good hard kick just above the pedals and snapped the rod lol

By the way that folding piano idea is copyrighted...might add that to my signature actually!

I've got the stuff to record it home (my brother has practically set up his own recording studio in the back of our house!), but I think you have to have the teacher see you do it or something, so I don't think I can unfortunately.

Well the actual pedal's gone missing! God knows how they've done it! I hope they're enjoying their sustain pedal anyway...

By the way, looking at your profile, are you in the ATC? Just curious if you might possibly know one of my friends from Devon because he goes up to Wiltshire with the ATC sometimes...

How cool is that?? If I see a sustaining pedal on ebay, I'll let you know, hehe.

And indeed yes, I am. Do you know his rank and squadron number?

Yeah, it'd be useful if you could keep an eye open for me... I could incorporate it into my prototype model for my folding piano!

Give me two minutes and I'll ask him what squadron thingy he's in. He's on MSN right now.

Cool

If he was at the Dartmoor training at Okehampton a few years back, I should recognise him....

He says he's Cdt Hughes , classification senior and squadron number 1322. Mean anything to you? There's some photos of him on his MSN space if you want to have a look.

Doesn't ring and bells at all....wonder if he recognises me...which I doubt....

Cdt Evans (A) Classification leading and squadron number 68 (Westbury).

he seems to think your name rings a bell... this is the link to his space where I think there's some photos of him - http://spaces.msn.com/members/typhoon-space/

it'd be pretty cool if you knew each other!

go into the photo album and look under just random photos (at the bottom). He's the one sticking his thumb up and making one of his really weird faces, lol

I can't get through via that link...this could be fiddly

can't you copy and paste it?

Yes, but he's taken the link from his point of view, which I can't get through by.....Anyway, I must go...I have...cadets

Byee - I'll have a look at this later when I'm back.

cool, have fun!!

my best instrument would have to be my stradivarius cello with a tourte bow (sits at computer desk wishing this dream was true continues dreaming for ten minutes)

Oooh, another cellist! There really aren't enough on these forums! I'm sharing your dream! *sigh*

I played an altus solid silver flute with a Willy SImmons headjoint during this summer ... and fell in love ... Currently saving to buy myself a tiger eye willy simmons headjoint they are simply divine.

Played two grand Steinways before ..... Dreamy and sexual is all I can say.

And, a Rudall Carte keyless wooden piccolo .. mmmhmmm the sound was just orgasmic

Whatever turns you on...........

uh-oh the water is starting to turn murky. who's gonna be the first to talk about freud and the shapes of instruments?
not me.

So there really is a subconcious reason why some people are drawn to woodwind instruments?

This is getting dodgy

I was going to say that I love my Buffet B12 but, having just read the last few comments, I don't think I will!