Unusual musical instruments

[Deano's Right Foot]

I give you Chapman's Stick - invented by our very own left back and coach Ian Chapman no less*:

* this is a lie

 

[Slowhand]

How on earth do you play this?

It looks like something for picking locks!!!

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Guesses on what this is

It's a glockenspeil - i played one of them during my marching band days - they were really good fun!

 

[Hampden Park]

How on earth do you play this?

It looks like something for picking locks!!!

tis a jews harp, i had one many years ago that i pinched off a french student. place between the lips and twang the wire bit sticking out. oh dear i feel someone will try and take the pith now

 

[Buzzer]

Gizmo.

Scorchio. Boutro Boutros Ghali.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

tis a jews harp, i had one many years ago that i pinched off a french student. place between the lips and twang the wire bit sticking out. oh dear i feel someone will try and take the pith now

That makes me want to vomit!! You're putting metal in your mouth?!

 

[Buzzer]

'tis a cowboy instrument. And if you play it wrong it can hurt. I know 'cause I've done it. Very painful.

 

[Hampden Park]

That makes me want to vomit!! You're putting metal in your mouth?!

no BAG, it goes between your lips, not actually into your mouth. i am making this worse arent i ?

 

[chip]

Not that unusual, but these people

http://www.pilgrimharps.co.uk/

make the most beautiful ones of these

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[Buzzer]

...and how would I get that in my gob, then?

 

[Man of Harveys]

That makes me want to vomit!! You're putting metal in your mouth?!

I used to have a very small one when I was little. Either I, or sometimes someone else, used to pop it in the mouth. However, when giving it a good plucking, it's important not to smash your front teeth in. You can't pluck it for too long without getting bored.

 

[chip]

Open very wide?

 

[Hampden Park]

...and how would I get that in my gob, then?

open your mouth, i am sure its big enough

 

[Buzzer]

I used to have a very small one when I was little. Either I, or sometimes someone else, used to pop it in the mouth. However, when giving it a good plucking, it's important not to smash your front teeth in. You can't pluck it for too long without getting bored.

*snigger*

 

[RexCathedra]

At Lark in the Morning (www.larkinam.com) they not only have instruments I've never heard of, they have instruments from places I've never heard of.

If anybody has an Indonesian Nose Harpsichord in stock, they do.

Fascinating web site.

 

[Muzzman]

How on earth do you play this?

It looks like something for picking locks!!!

I have two of those.. I can play it. They only cost about £1.50 in all good music stores

 

[NMH]

OK, so what's unusual about this guitar then ?

Since 5-string basses are hardly that unusual, perhaps it's that the fretboard looks like it's over-layed onto the body? Maybe so it can have extra frets or something?

Or perhaps it's made from a single piece of wood, so that the neck is integral with the body?

 

[NMH]

Here be a stickist

 

[NMH]

'You lookin' at ME?

 

[Icy Gull]

Since 5-string basses are hardly that unusual, perhaps it's that the fretboard looks like it's over-layed onto the body? Maybe so it can have extra frets or something?

Or perhaps it's made from a single piece of wood, so that the neck is integral with the body?

No it's a cock up by me, it was supposed to be Roger McGuinn's 5 string jangly guitar which he apparently had made specially for him which then went into limited production