# 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:** 2973
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59447 "2018-06-06T21:51:31Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordion 2. Banjo 3. Castanets 4. Dulcimer 5. Euphonium 6. Flugelhorn 7. Gemshorn 8. Harp 9. ichigenkin 10. jaw harp ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59448 "2018-06-06T21:58:03Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordion 2. Banjo 3. Castanets 4. Dulcimer 5. Euphonium 6. Flugelhorn 7. Gemshorn 8. Harp 9. ichigenkin 10. jaw harp 11. [keytar](http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2013/04/01/the-keytar-grand-a-short-history/) (had no idea James Brown briefly rocked a keytar on stage 🆒 ) ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59449 "2018-06-06T23:07:43Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordion 2. Banjo 3. Castanets 4. Dulcimer 5. Euphonium 6. Flugelhorn 7. Gemshorn 8. Harp 9. ichigenkin 10. jaw harp 11. keytar 12. Lute ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59450 "2018-06-06T23:19:04Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordion 2. Banjo 3. Castanets 4. Dulcimer 5. Euphonium 6. Flugelhorn 7. Gemshorn 8. Harp 9. ichigenkin 10. jaw harp 11. keytar 12. Lute 13. Mandolin Next: Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute It’s a real thing: [Nose flute - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose_flute) ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59451 "2018-06-06T23:22:25Z")
Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute 2. Oboe ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59452 "2018-06-06T23:32:06Z")
Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute 2. Oboe 3. Piccolo ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59453 "2018-06-06T23:55:24Z")
Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute 2. Oboe 3. Piccolo 4. Qanun ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59454 "2018-06-07T00:24:31Z")
Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute 2. Oboe 3. Piccolo 4. Qanun 5. Rababa ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59455 "2018-06-07T00:44:44Z")
Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute 2. Oboe 3. Piccolo 4. Qanun 5. Rababa 6. Shofar ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59456 "2018-06-07T01:18:30Z")
Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute 2. Oboe 3. Piccolo 4. Qanun 5. Rababa 6. Shofar 7. Trombone ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59457 "2018-06-07T01:52:12Z")
Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute 2. Oboe 3. Piccolo 4. Qanun 5. Rababa 6. Shofar 7. Trombone 8. Ukelele ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59458 "2018-06-07T01:52:46Z")
Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute 2. Oboe 3. Piccolo 4. Qanun 5. Rababa 6. Shofar 7. Trombone 8. Ukulele ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59459 "2018-06-07T01:54:38Z")
[i would challenge Shofar. It is a thing (a ram’s horn) which has acoustic properties if done by skilled people, but that’s it. No sense of music usage whatsoever in its entire history.] ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59460 "2018-06-07T02:02:58Z")
I’ll continue while we wait for a resolution of **Leo** ’s challenge. Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute 2. Oboe 3. Piccolo 4. Qanun 5. Rababa 6. Shofar 7. Trombone 8. Ukulele 9. Violin ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59461 "2018-06-07T03:54:21Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > [i would challenge Shofar. It is a thing (a ram’s horn) which has acoustic properties if done by skilled people, but that’s it. No sense of music usage whatsoever in its entire history.] I have no idea what a shofar is, but my opinion’s if it’s ever been used as a musical instrument in any time during recorded history, it counts. [For example, [chainsaw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A52p9jc-gOo&t=98) would’ve counted for C.] ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59462 "2018-06-07T04:01:52Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > I have no idea what a shofar is, but my opinion’s if it’s ever been used as a musical instrument in any time during recorded history, it counts. [For example, [chainsaw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A52p9jc-gOo&t=98) would’ve counted for C.] It hasn’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59463 "2018-06-07T04:13:38Z")
Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute 2. Oboe 3. Piccolo 4. Qanun 5. Rababa 6. Shofar 7. Trombone 8. Ukelele 9. viola d’amore ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59464 "2018-06-07T04:56:07Z")
Musical instruments n - z, alphabetically 1. Nose flute 2. Oboe 3. Piccolo 4. Qanun 5. Rababa 6. Shofar 7. Trombone 8. Ukelele 9. viola d’amore 10. Whistle Although if we throw out shofar, we’ll probably have to throw out whistle as well. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59465 "2018-06-07T07:31:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Although if we throw out shofar, we’ll probably have to throw out whistle as well. No, there are such musical instruments as tin whistles and pennywhistles. Very popular in Celtic music, where they are just known as whistles. “Please welcome Joe Smith on whistle,” for example. I learned to play (tin/penny) whistle years ago. But to me, it was only ever a whistle. “Hey, Spoons, did you bring your whistle?” Sad that the S entry was not spoons. I play them too in Celtic music, hence my username. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59466 "2018-06-07T07:58:17Z")
Then there’s Donna Summer’s _Bad Girls_, where a whistle is used (arguably) musically. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2972) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2974)