# What's this musical instrument called?

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**Created:** [December 15, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-musical-instrument-called/477260 "2008-12-15T17:43:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-musical-instrument-called/477260/1 "2008-12-15T17:43:07Z")

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I remember this from music class as a child.

You hold a wooden fish and scrape the pencil along its ribs.

What is it?

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-musical-instrument-called/477260/2 "2008-12-15T17:47:05Z")

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[Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCiro).