How many different kinds of instrument in your house?

stimpsonslostson

The stuff I can get something approaching music out of:
Guitars*- electric, acoustic & cigar box
Bass guitar*
Uke*
Mandolin*
Guitalele*
Xylophone*
Keyboards
Various percussion*
Kazoos*
(The obligatory) tin whistle
Harmonica* (playing these well makes the tin whistle look easy!)

Oh and a bloody Recorder- well, they're instruments but not exactly "musical".

* denotes something I've played in public.

DartmoorHedgehog

stimpsonslostson said:

Oh and a bloody Recorder- well, they're instruments but not exactly "musical".

Depends how they're played - and bigger ones sound nicer than the ubiquitous school descant IMO.

Anyway, I've got a few things in the house (no brass though, never been able to play those...)

Clarinets (Wood and metal, both Bb)

Saxophones (Alto and Baritone)

Recorders (all sizes Garklein to Bass)

Ocarina

Flute

Fife (does that count as different from a flute?)

Violin

Guitars

Bass (guitar)

Banjolin

Ukulele

Keyboard, MIDI stuff, drum machine

Zither

Couple of percussiony things

Nose flute

Otamatone (as it came up in another thread recently!)

Jaw harp (although I've got no idea where it is)

Of those, the only one I've had proper tuition on and can play "properly" is clarinet (and recorder I suppose if you count primary school music lessons).  The rest I just blag with various degrees of success.  I've gigged on clarinet, sax, guitar and bass.

viz

^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEgx8La8BNY

ICBM

A proper recorder played well is a beautiful instrument.

Judging them based on the horror of a school recorder ensemble is like judging guitars based on a Saturday morning in a large music shop.

Phil_aka_Pip

Piers Adams (Red Priest) is an expert recorder player.

Descant recorders sound fine in the hands of people who know how to use them - forget junior school!

Dan86

Not too much these days..

Electric guitars (6)

Acoustic guitars (2)

Piano

10 piece drum kit

Phil_aka_Pip

Nomad said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

@Nomad thanks, wow, and YLSNED

Aye, programming a preset by pulling the back off, getting the screwdriver out, and looking up a chart for the wires-to-terminals drawbar mappings is proper hairy-chested synth stuff.

Are you aware you have to oil the tonewheel mechanism? Use proper Hammond oil, and I'm told once a year or so.

Yes. Never with 3-in-1! AFAIK oiling frequency depends on the amount of use, but even with minimal usage you still need a drop or two every year.

lasermonkey

Guitars (electric 6 and 12 strings, acoustic 6 and 12 strings, lap steel)

Bass guitars (electric 4 and 6 strings, acoustic)

Synthesisers

Electronic drum kit

Glockenspiel

Tines

Violin

Recorder

Gassage

I have BOTH types of instruments.

Gibson AND Fender.

WezV

Guitar
Bass
Uke
Banjolele
Mandolin
Harmonica
Karimba
Bull roarer
Castanets
Turkish flute
Maracas
Xylophone
Wood blocks



I feel I need a violin

hobbio

Electric guitars

Acoustic guitars

Bass guitar

Double bass

Keyboards

Electric piano

Violins

Djembe drum

Ocarina

Harmonica

Penny whistle

Lots of recorders

.... there's probably more but that's it without looking.

 

olafgarten

Electric Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Drum Kit
Diatonic Harmonica
Keyboard (and any MIDI instrument I want)
Pitch Pipe
Tuning Fork
Descant Recorder.

thermionic

Electric guitars

Steel string acoustic guitars

Bass guitar

Flamenco guitar

Charango

Synthesiser

Stylophone

Harmonicas

Tambourine

Several odd GUI sequencer/sound generator things on my iPhone

Oh and I've been given my niece's 1/4 size violin to sell.

Winny_Pooh

This thread needs group pics

Barrivee

Electric guitars,

Acoustic guitars,

Drum Kit,

Didgeridoo's/Trad Yidaki's/Trad Mago's ,

Clapsticks,

Harmonica,

Loads of shaking, dinging, clacking items.

james

Between my girlfriend and I;

Electric guitars
Amps
Acoustic guitars
Ukulele
Keyboards
Tenor sax
Clarinet
Bassoon
Viola
Violin

Quite cool having lots of choices, but we live in a little cottage, so there are instruments stashed away everywhere.

dogload

dogload said:

Electric guitars (6 & 12-string)

Acoustic guitars (6, 12 and classical)

electric Mandolin

Acoustic mandolin

Bouzouki

Bass guitars

Flute

Oboe

Alto Sax

Recorders

Whistles

Bamboo flutes

Synths

Drums (various)

Bugle

Appalachian Dulcimer

Epinette des Vosges

Violin

Various percussion

Audio Generators!

Need to add a Moog Theremini to this list, courtesy of Wor Lass!

earwighoney

Good to see at least one other person has a flamenco guitar.  

In addition to the 4 types of guitar I own - acoustic 6 (x2), acoustic 12, electric (x3), flamenco (x2) I have...

A Roland TR-707 drum machine

and a harmonium. 

Both of which I have absolutely no idea how to use.