# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/41 "2002-07-02T02:50:57Z")
A ukulele, good shape, circa 1958. A Fender Am. Std. Stratocaster, 80’s An Alvarez-Yiari Acoustic 6-string w/pickup, basically a Martin knockoff. A Casio multi function keyboard thing. A couple of Hohner harmonicas. If I looked hard enough, a Humanatone (nose flute.) Percussion: Two slap sticks A mini-siren A duck call A goose call Three camel bells A pair of Tibetan disc bells. A tunable blunt bass drum (Rubbermaid Brute) ---
**Author:** ![guitarmax\_99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@guitarmax\_99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guitarmax_99)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/42 "2002-07-02T03:27:06Z")
Hmmm… ‘78 Hardtail Fender Strat (As heard on Dar Williams’ " The Honesty Room Album" - actually this one is for sale. Larrivee OM-05 Larrivee Rosewood Cutaway guitar with obscenely beautiful headstock inlay of an Eagle and an Ibanez roadstar series guitar ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/43 "2002-07-02T05:55:55Z")
My Fender 5 string Jazz Bass My sister’s Squier Stagemaster Guitar ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/44 "2002-07-02T07:16:41Z")
61-key electronic keyboard, chock full of features, bought at Radio Shack. “Melodica” bought at old music store in north Torrance, about 1973. (Steve Allen sometimes played one on TV.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/45 "2002-07-02T07:37:49Z")
Might as well… Ovation nylon string acoustic guitar Pedulla Bass Guitar Ludwig Drums with Zildjian cymbals Roland D-50 synthesizer Ensoniq Mirage Sampler Roland Sound Canvas Tone Generator (rackmount) Emu Proteus Kork monophonic synthesizer (the patch cord kind) And my voice, of course 🙂 Peavey KB-300 keyboard amp Many assorted percussion instruments ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/46 "2002-07-02T07:53:15Z")
I earn my living with a viola. The wife is a clarinettist and baroque recorder player. ---
**Author:** ![Pergau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@Pergau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pergau)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/47 "2002-07-02T12:55:21Z")
Any day now there’ll be a Theremin. Take note Twistly. ---
**Author:** ![Pergau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@Pergau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pergau)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/48 "2002-07-02T12:57:34Z")
Sorry Twisty, misspelled your name. But I’m still getting the Theremin. ---
**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 2, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/49 "2002-07-02T13:56:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jpeg Jones \* > **I earn my living with a viola.** Must…keep…hand away…from Submit Button… ---
**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 2, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/50 "2002-07-02T14:03:17Z")
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH …so, you dig ditches with it? ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/51 "2002-07-02T15:43:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\* > 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.) \*\* Anyone else notice something funny here (or, more accurately, not here)? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/52 "2002-07-02T15:55:44Z")
There _does_ seem to be something missing. What do you have to say for yourself, **Ike**? ---
**Author:** ![Jerevan\_Somerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@Jerevan\_Somerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerevan_Somerville)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/53 "2002-07-02T16:15:54Z")
Don Ho’s daughter stole it, that’s why it’s not there. My paltry collection of musical instruments: – one violin, “Timtone”, unknown age but beautiful tone – one Gibson mandolin, unknown age but purchased, used, by my grandfather c.1930 – one Fender acoustic guitar (very new) ---
**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 2, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/54 "2002-07-02T16:23:37Z")
Yeah, yeah…and I’ll bet if I went rummaging around in his clothes closet, I wouldn’t find a rackensack, either. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/55 "2002-07-02T17:57:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*Yeah, yeah…and I’ll bet if I went rummaging around in his clothes closet, I wouldn’t find a rackensack, either. \*\* I’m not going to comment, however, on what you might find in my drawers. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/56 "2002-07-02T19:30:01Z")
Gibson SG Special, black Fender acoustic guitar Yamaha bass guitar Roland digital keyboard Boss DR-770 drum machine Shure SM-58 mic various spoons half-empty milk jugs ---
**Author:** ![Contrabass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Contrabass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrabass)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/57 "2002-07-02T19:34:34Z")
Not too surprisingly, I have a double bass at home. I also used to have a small pipe organ in college, but couldn’t take it with me when I graduated and moved… ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/58 "2002-07-02T19:42:44Z")
I feel like such a slacker! My list: Two acoustic guitars (one folk, which I bought and am learning to play, and one classical, which I rescued from a friend who was storing it on his BACK PORCH in Champaign in the middle of winter! No respect, I tell ya!) A cheapo plastic recorder A kazoo And the one I use best, my voice ---
**Author:** ![Fretburner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fretburner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretburner)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/59 "2002-07-02T23:11:27Z")
Just because no else has mentioned it yet: 1 Chapman Stick (rosewood 10 string w/GRID #1147) Also: 2 Steinberger GM4S Guitars 2 Ovation guitars 1 Ibanez bass guitar 3 synths (Yamaha CS1X, Roland GR33, and an older Roland that belongs to my fiance) 1 Violin ---
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699/60 "2002-07-12T08:02:19Z")
Yeah, my instruments are pretty boring. - Two full size violins - One 3/4 size violin - One 1/2 size violin - One upright piano - One acoustic guitar - Two recorders…somewhere - Two harmonicas - My lips…hey, whistling counts too [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instruments-are-in-your-home/116699.md?page=4)