# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 192
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3821 "2011-02-26T07:41:38Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. Hang drum 2. Berimbau 3. [Dobro guitar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxr4Ta-Mi7M&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3822 "2011-02-26T07:48:45Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. [Hang drum](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQXn5ba0aT8) 2. [Berimbau](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dIiBq4p0CI&feature=related) 3. [Dobro guitar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxr4Ta-Mi7M&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3823 "2011-02-26T18:13:41Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. [Hang drum](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQXn5ba0aT8) 2. [Berimbau](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dIiBq4p0CI&feature=related) 3. [Dobro guitar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxr4Ta-Mi7M&feature=related) 4. Sacbutt ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3824 "2011-02-26T18:15:43Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. Hang drum 2. Berimbau 3. Dobro guitar 4. Sacbutt 5. [Vihuela](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vihuela) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3825 "2011-02-26T21:16:18Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. Hang drum 2. Berimbau 3. Dobro guitar 4. Sacbutt 5. Vihuela 6. Vulcan lute > **[Vulcan lute](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Vulcan_lute)** > > The Vulcan lute (sometimes referred to as a Vulcan harp, Vulcan lyre, or Vulcan lyrette) was a twelve-stringed musical instrument played on the planet Vulcan that was tuned on a diatonic scale and noted to be very soothing. (VOY: "Innocence") At... ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3826 "2011-02-26T22:09:35Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. Hang drum 2. Berimbau 3. Dobro guitar 4. Sacbutt 5. Vihuela 6. Vulcan lute 7. [Hammered dulcimer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammered_dulcimer) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3827 "2011-02-27T00:37:16Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. Hang drum 2. Berimbau 3. Dobro guitar 4. Sacbutt 5. Vihuela 6. Vulcan lute 7. Hammered dulcimer 8. [Zymo-Xyl](http://musicmavericks.publicradio.org/features/highband/zymoxil.html) (link to an NPR site where you can play some of the instruments made by [Harry Partch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Partch) for the performance of his own music.) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3828 "2011-02-27T02:16:37Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. Hang drum 2. Berimbau 3. Dobro guitar 4. Sacbutt 5. Vihuela 6. Vulcan lute 7. Hammered dulcimer 8. Zymo-Xyl (link to an NPR site where you can play some of the instruments made by Harry Partch for the performance of his own music.) 9. Lyre ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3829 "2011-02-27T03:14:01Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. Hang drum 2. Berimbau 3. Dobro guitar 4. Sacbutt 5. Vihuela 6. Vulcan lute 7. Hammered dulcimer 8. Zymo-Xyl (link to an NPR site where you can play some of the instruments made by Harry Partch for the performance of his own music.) 9. Lyre 10. Zither (I love that word) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3830 "2011-02-27T04:06:56Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. Hang drum 2. Berimbau 3. Dobro guitar 4. Sacbutt 5. Vihuela 6. Vulcan lute 7. Hammered dulcimer 8. Zymo-Xyl (link to an NPR site where you can play some of the instruments made by Harry Partch for the performance of his own music.) 9. Lyre 10. Zither (I love that word) 11. Ressikan flute > **[Ressikan flute](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ressikan_flute)** > > The Ressikan flute was a small flute made of a tin-like material, native to the community of Ressik on the dead planet of Kataan. In 2368, Captain Jean-Luc Picard acquired a Ressikan flute through an experience he had related to a probe launched from... ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3831 "2011-02-27T07:12:24Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. Hang drum 2. Berimbau 3. Dobro guitar 4. Sacbutt 5. Vihuela 6. Vulcan lute 7. Hammered dulcimer 8. Zymo-Xyl 9. Lyre 10. Zither (I love that word) 11. Ressikan flute 12. [Shamisen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E7lY1kYrM) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3832 "2011-02-27T08:06:19Z")
Obscure musical instruments 1. Hang drum 2. Berimbau 3. Dobro guitar 4. Sacbutt 5. Vihuela 6. Vulcan lute 7. Hammered dulcimer 8. Zymo-Xyl 9. Lyre 10. Zither (I love that word) 11. Ressikan flute 12. [Shamisen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E7lY1kYrM) 13. [Theremin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt8y8qs88vU&feature=related) New category: Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged) 1. “You can observe a lot by watching.” ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3833 "2011-02-27T15:33:53Z")
New category: Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged) 1. “You can observe a lot by watching.” 2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” I love this category! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3834 "2011-02-27T16:48:03Z")
Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged) 1. “You can observe a lot by watching.” 2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” 3. “A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper it’s written on.” ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3835 "2011-02-27T16:51:11Z")
Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged) 1. “You can observe a lot by watching.” 2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” 3. “A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper it’s written on.” 4. It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3836 "2011-02-27T16:53:19Z")
Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged) 1. “You can observe a lot by watching.” 2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” 3. “A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper it’s written on.” 4. “It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking.” 5. “If you see a fork in the road, take it.” I actually got to tell the man himself that this was my favorite saying of his - I was bartending at a gala, and he was there, he had a Ketel One on the rocks with a lemon twist. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3837 "2011-02-27T16:54:32Z")
Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged) 1. “You can observe a lot by watching.” 2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” 3. “A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper it’s written on.” 4. It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking. 5. “If you see a fork in the road, take it.” 6. “If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.” ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3838 "2011-02-27T17:16:08Z")
Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged) 1. “You can observe a lot by watching.” 2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” 3. “A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper it’s written on.” 4. It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking. 5. “If you see a fork in the road, take it.” 6. “If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.” 7. “Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3839 "2011-02-27T18:15:09Z")
Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged) 1. “You can observe a lot by watching.” 2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” 3. “A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper it’s written on.” 4. It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking. 5. “If you see a fork in the road, take it.” 6. “If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.” 7. “Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.” 8. “The rain is starting to stop” (during a rain delay) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3840 "2011-02-27T18:17:12Z")
Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged) 1. “You can observe a lot by watching.” 2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” 3. “A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper it’s written on.” 4. It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking. 5. “If you see a fork in the road, take it.” 6. “If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.” 7. “Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.” 8. “The rain is starting to stop” (during a rain delay) 9. When asked what time is was…" you mean now?" [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=193)