Got to be the bongos surely? Am I correct?
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The worst musical instrument ever
- Thread starter Herr Tubthumper
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Eric Potts
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VAL1850
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Bag pipes
- Aug 7, 2003
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Recorder
Geestar
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Spot on
Knightsworld
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Triangle
hart's shirt
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Jew's Harp
*looks over shoulder for mods*
Nomenclature:
Wiki - "...the OED also says that...the instrument was actually made, sold, or imported to England by Jews, or purported to be so; or that it was attributed to them, as a good commercial name, suggesting the trumps and harps mentioned in the Bible."
*looks over shoulder for mods*
Nomenclature:
Wiki - "...the OED also says that...the instrument was actually made, sold, or imported to England by Jews, or purported to be so; or that it was attributed to them, as a good commercial name, suggesting the trumps and harps mentioned in the Bible."
Hillian1
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Wrong on many levels.
daveinprague
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In view of potential ban...ill just use the J
J Harp
Edit: Fixtures to myself...
J Harp
Edit: Fixtures to myself...
This. The dreariest sound on Earth.
Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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What have you got against bongos? I like a bit of bongo action, myself.
I agree with Val - the noise made by bagpipes is really excruciatingly painful.
Norman Potting
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Winner! (PS I used to own one)
StonehamPark
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Clackers.
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It's got to be a violin played by someone who is any lower than grade 4, shirley?
VAL1850
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Cycling the other week up top of Firle Beacon as it was getting dark - Came across a bagpiper making a racket on his own - says it all really when you have to practice in the middle of nowhere!!!!
Ohh, good thread. Any instrument when it's played badly is the worst, but if you stuck a gun to my I'd probably say rauschpfeife. It's a medieval wind instrument like the crumhorn and cornamuse (and as I play them I should like them) but unlike them it just makes a very loud noise. (It sounds like a set of bagpipes but with the tuning removed). It was originally used in battle as an early trumpet to try and intimidate the enemy.
Pogue Mahone
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Or lots of high notes being played on it. A vile din.
Also the sort of slide guitar you get on loads of country and western songs. Horrible.
1066familyman
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- Jan 15, 2008
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Unbelievable!
The Jaws/Jews Harp, Bagpipes AND Accordion have all been mentioned! What's wrong with you people!?
If you scroll right down to May 5th 2002 on this treasure trove archive of Rob Weisburg's brilliant Transpacific Sound Paradise shows then you'd be in for a treat - if only you could still get it to play
https://wfmu.org/playlists/TP However, the good news is, you can go here for some treats instead: 
http://www.mouthmusic.com/audio/mp3index.htm#Recordings
The instrument I'd chuck into Room 101 would without doubt would be the electric lead guitar, when made to sound like a strangled cat, like it so often does. I once tried listening to a South Bank Show special on Jimi Hendrix to see if I could over come my prejudice around the instrument (played in that style) - I failed miserably and didn't make it to the end of the programme.
The Jaws/Jews Harp, Bagpipes AND Accordion have all been mentioned! What's wrong with you people!?
If you scroll right down to May 5th 2002 on this treasure trove archive of Rob Weisburg's brilliant Transpacific Sound Paradise shows then you'd be in for a treat - if only you could still get it to play
https://wfmu.org/playlists/TP However, the good news is, you can go here for some treats instead: http://www.mouthmusic.com/audio/mp3index.htm#RecordingsThe instrument I'd chuck into Room 101 would without doubt would be the electric lead guitar, when made to sound like a strangled cat, like it so often does. I once tried listening to a South Bank Show special on Jimi Hendrix to see if I could over come my prejudice around the instrument (played in that style) - I failed miserably and didn't make it to the end of the programme.