# What musical instruments are in your home? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699 "2002-06-30T14:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/21 "2002-06-30T23:57:38Z")
Lessee… We’ve got several guitars (acoustic and electric), a bass, a keyboard, a drum machine, a drum kit, a buttload of harmonicas & other little noisy things, and one of my late father-in-law’s fiddles. My husband is a musician. All the gear is his. Don’t know who the makers are (exept that the keyboard is a Hohner). He knows all the details about everything. Me, I’m just the financier. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/22 "2002-07-01T00:17:29Z")
One Alvarez acoustic guitar, strung left-handed One Sigma acoustic guitar One mandolin, strung left-handed An antique upright piano A keyboard A Hohner alto recorder A King alto sax Two harmonicas A set of maracas (somewhere) A tambourine Various other non-drum percussion A Native American flute A clarinet A triangle Lots of kazoos I plan on adding a few other instruments to the mix eventually. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/23 "2002-07-01T01:11:05Z")
\*A grand piano. \*Several recorders. \*A children’s zither \*electronic keyboard (non-Midi, quite old) \*Two acoustic guitars \*Native American Flute(s) \*Rain Stick \*Didgeridoo \*Jaw harp(s) \*Harmonica(s) \*countless (and I do mean _countless_) ocarinas, vessel flutes, ceramic flutes, “sweet potatos” and other ceramic wind instruments. My sister makes them _and_ collects them. There’s probably more. ---
**Author:** ![MrO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@MrO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrO)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/24 "2002-07-01T01:18:02Z")
3 fretless bass guitars (my main instrument)–one acoustic, one semi-acoustic, one electric a couple of congas, a doumbek I brought home from Marakesh, and a non-specific Thai drum half-dozen bamboo flutes 2 harmonicas I play and record all of them regularly (as a hobby, not a profession), except the harmonicas–haven’t got the hang of bending the notes yet. I’m currently out of 6-string guitars, but I’ve had a dozen or so. ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/25 "2002-07-01T01:53:06Z")
In our house we have: One Epiphone Powerbass II Electric Bass One Cheapo Acoustic Guitar of the Brand “Kay” We also have a Roland XP-30 Synthesizer that is on indefinite loan to a friend of ours using it to record an album, and I have a DJ setup on layaway that I will own inside of 2 months (if you want to count that as an instrument). LC ---
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/26 "2002-07-01T02:13:47Z")
[ul] [li]Pearl Export Select drum set[/li][li]DeArmond S73 electric guitar[/li][li]One old yamaha acoustic guitar[/li][li]Another old acoustic guitar[/li][li]A piano[/li][li]A keyboard[/li][li]Two trumpets[/li][li]A violin[/li][li]A saxophone[/li][li]A trombone[/li][li]Two clarinets[/li][li]A flute[/li][li]A harmonica[/li][li]Two recorders[/li][li]A harp[/li][li]Several drums[/li][li]Two maraccas[/li][li]A tambourine[/li][li]A xylophone[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Bernard\_Marx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bernard\_Marx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernard_Marx)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/27 "2002-07-01T09:59:35Z")
Wow you guys have a lot of instruments! I feel quite inadequate, having only: a. flute; b. piccolo, and of course; c. BAGPIPES!! ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/28 "2002-07-01T11:15:53Z")
I have - Hohner P-bass copy bass guitar - Aria Pro one piece wood bodied bass guitar, my love - Squier Chinese strat - Gibson accoustic guitar - Ukelele - B+H b12 Bb Clarinet - Yidiyaki (didgeridoo) which I had to stop learning because my nose is bolloxed, and cannot breathe through it properly, hampering my cicrular breathing. - Peruvian Flute - Mousetrap (actually, I have no idea what the name of it is, but it is 5 strips of metal on a piece of wood that looks like a mousetrap and goes “Plink Plink” ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/29 "2002-07-01T11:48:26Z")
A bass Trombone a Fender P Bass I played the Trombone all through college and then some after. Haven’t even opened the case in a year. ☹ The bass I was trying to learn then gave up on. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/30 "2002-07-01T12:11:51Z")
Didjeridu Irish flute (like Captain Picards) x 2 Casio keyboard Hammond Melodica My hollow skull - lacking grey matter - resounds melodically when beaten with a Dijeridu. We’ll be hitting the hot-spots in the Catskills. Free flutes for all! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/31 "2002-07-01T14:58:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > > - Mousetrap (actually, I have no idea what the name of it is, but it is 5 strips of metal on a piece of wood that looks like a mousetrap and goes “Plink Plink” It sounds like a [kalimba](http://www.larkinam.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/ThumbPianos) or "thumb piano. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/32 "2002-07-01T15:45:49Z")
Hmmm, lessee… Violins: 4. -2 student violins in various states of disrepair, unfortunately because the repairs would cost more than they’re worth -2 older violins; one is a German Strad copy from ca. 1910 that belonged to my Swedish great-grandfather, which I had fixed and sounds beautiful. The other is a German violin of uncertain age and provenance, but was the first instrument I learned to play. It needs some interior repairs that may be expensive but I have to bring it to the luthiers first. Keyboard: 1. An old casio with some drum pads. Mandolin: 1. A Hohner, IIRC, which needs to be re-strung. I bought it in Juneau back in '89 and let my sister use it for a while; when I got it back it had guitar strings on it. Took those off and have been looking for good mando strings since. Any mando players out there with recommendations, please drop me a line. Recorder: 1. Cheap plastic Yamaha jobby the Tzeroling got for music class last year, but I like to play it and do so more often than she does. But that’s 'cos I’m a musician, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![crazy4chaucer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@crazy4chaucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy4chaucer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/33 "2002-07-01T15:52:13Z")
Multiple guitars (acoustic & electric), with all the assorted amps, sound boards, effects pedals, and all that other paraphernalia about which I know nothing. 2 harmonicas 2 tin whistles 1 clarinet 1 upright piano 2 drum kits ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Spaulding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Capt.Spaulding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Spaulding)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/34 "2002-07-01T18:12:29Z")
Guitars: Fender re-issue Strat ('62 re-issue neck on '59 re-issue body) Ovation Legend deep bowl acoustic/electric Ibanez acoustic/electric nylon-string cutaway Yamaha 12-string acoustic cheapo Delta nylon Fender Precision bass (c. 1987) c. 1930s National steel guitar 1914 Gibson ukelele banjo (nylon-string) old harmony 5-string folk banjo (age undetermined) Keyboards: Yamaha DX7 synthesizer (c. 1987) cheapo Casio keyboard (c. 1987, model # forgotten) Percussion: Various, but the pride is a Xebu-skinned drum from Madagascar Wind Instruments: Assortment of Hohner kazoos (in various neon colors) One 12-oz. can of Van de Kamp’s molasses baked beans ---
**Author:** ![Ich\_Bin\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/35 "2002-07-01T19:40:40Z")
Rickenbacker 4001 bass guitar from the early seventies Some student-level saxophone, a Selner I think Buescher 400 alto saxophone that was given to me by a relative; absolutely amazing instrument Gretsch drum kit ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/36 "2002-07-01T19:53:29Z")
Okay, time to make a band! I notice a lot of home recording types in here. Has anyone ever come up with a ‘collaborative’ music project? I’m thinking about one in which someone does a drum part, posts it to the group, then everyone takes a crack at adding a rhythmn track to it. Everyone posts them, the group votes on the best one, then moves on to the lead track. Then vocals, fills, etc. Eventually, you have a song! Sounds like a fun thing to try, and I’ve never heard of it being done before, although it wouldnt’ surprise me to learn that it’s common. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/37 "2002-07-01T20:27:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ich Bin’s \* > **Buescher 400 alto saxophone that was given to me by a relative; absolutely amazing instrument.** Hey, my **TENOR sax is a Buescher 400** (dating from the late '50s)! It _is_ a great horn, isn’t it? Every time I’ve taken it in to have any work done on it, the music shop people all gather round and marvel at it. It was a bitch to find a gig bag for the thing, though…the bells they made in those days were much larger in diameter than on modern saxes. Makes for a big fat dark tone, which I love. Lessee…what else’s around here… One **Baldwin baby grand piano** , about 20 years old. Two **Gemeinhardt flutes** , one open-hole, one closed. The former used when I want a pretty tone, the latter when I want to play fast. One **Conn CC bass tuba** , also dating from the late '50s. My old **Reynolds student Bb cornet**. A beater **Bb trumpet** I picked up in a junk shop…playable though, after I did a little rehab work on it. One of my kids dropped it and dinged the bell pretty badly, though. **Recorders** …sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, bass. The alto is a cheap plastic job I picked up when I was about 12, but the others are all good pearwood or maple instruments. The sopranino is marvelously portable and I’ve carried it with me all over the world, irritating thousands. A **Skylark acoustic guitar** , child-sized. For the children. Tons of miscellaneous **percussion items** , and **toy saxophones, trumpets, accordions, concertinas** , etc. Also **penny-whistles, slide whistles, and a bunch of harmonicas**. I used to have a real **accordion** and a **banjo** , the first of which I could play somewhat. I think my nephew, who’s a semi-professional musician, nicked them from my old man’s house. In any case, they never made it out here to Brooklyn with me. (I’m hoping to bring a baritone saxophone home with me someday soon, and I wouldn’t throw a slide trombone or a euphonium out of bed, either.) ---
**Author:** ![Ich\_Bin\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/38 "2002-07-01T20:59:23Z")
Ukulele Ike, When I first started taking lessons (around fourth grade) my parents called this relative who owned the instrument and asked if he would sell it to them. His response was “IB’s not ready for it yet”. My senior year in high school, he passed away. Apparently in his will he left the saxophone to me. His wife brought it over, and I took it to my next lesson; at least I had the sense not to take it to school. I took private lessons from a man at his house, he was in his late sixties and had been playing his entire life. I walked in carrying the case, and his eyes shot out of his head; he knew what it was just from the case. Thank heavens no one gave me this when I was in fourth grade. I had to relearn my technique for several years because the Buescher wouldn’t let me get away with anything… ---
**Author:** ![Dieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dieter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dieter)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/39 "2002-07-02T01:29:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sam Stone \* > \*\*Okay, time to make a band! > > I notice a lot of home recording types in here. Has anyone ever come up with a ‘collaborative’ music project? I’m thinking about one in which someone does a drum part, posts it to the group, then everyone takes a crack at adding a rhythmn track to it. Everyone posts them, the group votes on the best one, then moves on to the lead track. Then vocals, fills, etc. Eventually, you have a song! > > Sounds like a fun thing to try, and I’ve never heard of it being done before, although it wouldnt’ surprise me to learn that it’s common. \*\* Sam. I’ve done that before. It’s great fun. send me an e-mail to tictokmen @ [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com) and lets see what we can come up with. PS: You still can’t touch my monkey. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/40 "2002-07-02T02:21:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sam Stone \* > \*\*Okay, time to make a band! > > I notice a lot of home recording types in here. Has anyone ever come up with a ‘collaborative’ music project? I’m thinking about one in which someone does a drum part, posts it to the group, then everyone takes a crack at adding a rhythmn track to it. Everyone posts them, the group votes on the best one, then moves on to the lead track. Then vocals, fills, etc. Eventually, you have a song! > > Sounds like a fun thing to try, and I’ve never heard of it being done before, although it wouldnt’ surprise me to learn that it’s common. \*\* Count me in too! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699.md?page=3)