# What's your favorite name for a musical instrument? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228 "2008-10-16T17:06:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/21 "2008-10-16T21:32:35Z")
Serpent Left-handed sewer flute Tromboon Mailing tubas Pandemonium Slide music stand ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/22 "2008-10-16T21:35:12Z")
Sackbut and racket are already taken, so I’ll have to go with the Crumhorn, affectionately known as the snarffleblat. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/23 "2008-10-16T21:48:19Z")
Didgeridoo ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/24 "2008-10-16T21:58:50Z")
Heckelphone. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/25 "2008-10-16T23:37:00Z")
Singer-songwriter [Dean Friedman](http://www.deanfriedman.com) has created some very unusual instruments. [Meet the Boing-D-Boing, the Honkblatt, the Booble, the Jingle-Lingle Lily, the Laser Harp and the Tone Stones.](http://www.deanfriedman.com/csfk/csfk.html) From the webpage: > [@](#): > > The Music Atrium is a popular attraction at museums and family fun centers around the world, and makes a unique and original addition to any soft play area. Absorbing and educational, the instruments have a very high play value, and fascinate children and adults alike. ---
**Author:** ![trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/26 "2008-10-17T00:10:54Z")
no question- glockenspiel. oh, and “mandolin” sounds really pretty to me ---
**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:** [October 17, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/27 "2008-10-17T00:19:37Z")
stritch manzello clavicythérium sarrusophone ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/28 "2008-10-17T04:31:20Z")
Ocarina. Oboe! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/29 "2008-10-17T04:51:41Z")
[Flugabone](http://home.att.net/~bobbeecher/trombone/images/King1130-flugabone.jpg), a valve trombone wrapped up into the shape of a flügelhorn. [Banjorine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjorine), a cross between a banjo and a tangerine. You played it during the concert, and peeled and ate it afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/30 "2008-10-17T06:26:26Z")
B.B. King’s _Lucille_. When you know why he named it that, it all makes sense. _Everything_. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/31 "2008-10-17T06:40:13Z")
_Lucille_ should definitely top the lists. My guitar’s name is “Syphilis” so of course I have a special affinity for that, although my best friend named his “Rubella”. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/32 "2008-10-17T06:46:17Z")
Erectarine – it sounds like a rude fruit ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/33 "2008-10-17T10:09:34Z")
Shofar Si ---
**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:** [October 17, 2008, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/34 "2008-10-17T11:30:41Z")
Shofar sho good. Well, _somebody_ had to. ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/35 "2008-10-17T12:34:53Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Shofar sho good. > > Well, _somebody_ had to. Satchmo, dat you? ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/36 "2008-10-17T13:02:03Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Shofar sho good. Mark Knopfler wrote a song about this instrument on the **Brothers In Arms** album :- _Shofar away_ I can keep this up all day Si ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/37 "2008-10-17T13:15:19Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > Erectarine – it sounds like a rude fruit Brilliant! I think most of the good ones have gone, so I’ll just give a shout-out to the sousaphone. ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/38 "2008-10-17T13:25:08Z")
“Sliphorn” for trombone; “Barking Bed Post” for bassoon. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/39 "2008-10-17T13:38:51Z")
cowbell. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/40 "2008-10-17T14:12:50Z")
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