# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/41 "2008-10-17T14:26:32Z")
> [@Fritz](#): > > “Sliphorn” for trombone; “Barking Bed Post” for bassoon. “_Farting_ bedpost,” please! I like the German name _Posaune_ for trombone. And I also like _cor anglais_, which is one of the few instances I can cite of a double _lucus a non lucendo_. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/42 "2008-10-17T19:32:12Z")
Skin flute? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/43 "2008-10-17T20:23:00Z")
Oh, I forgot to mention: the [SynthAxe Drumitar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthaxe_Drumitar). ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/44 "2008-10-17T21:23:05Z")
I always liked Keith Richards’ name for his favorite Telecaster: Micawber. Go here, one page down: [The Keith Shrine by Blue Lena-guitar](http://members.tripod.com/blue_lena/guitar.html) ---
**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 18, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/45 "2008-10-18T01:30:10Z")
I found this on the NPR website while cruising for jazz podcasts - [Homework: Odd Musical Instruments](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95100172) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/46 "2008-10-18T03:26:07Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > Erectarine – it sounds like a rude fruit Or a meat flute. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/47 "2008-10-18T03:39:26Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Even though I am no longer interested in playing one, “ **Stratocaster** ” is just all kinds of cool as a name… From the same family, **Duo-Sonic II** invokes cool. Others I am fond of and I don’t think have been mentioned: Bouzouki Oud Kazoo Explodaphone (not real, but intriguing nonetheless…) ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/48 "2008-10-18T04:04:00Z")
Give us a go on your oboe! ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/49 "2008-10-18T05:16:36Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > “_Farting_ bedpost,” please! There’s also: Dying Duck Call (Oboe) Dying Moose Call (Bassoon) ---
**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 18, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/50 "2008-10-18T05:25:43Z")
Kat extinguisher (saxophone; described and used as such by Ignatz Mouse in a 1920 _Krazy Kat_ strip) ---
**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 18, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/51 "2008-10-18T12:14:53Z")
Sarrusophones were nicknamed ‘Combat Bassoons’… ---
**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 18, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228/52 "2008-10-18T17:00:43Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > cowbell. Not enough. Need more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-name-for-a-musical-instrument/468228.md?page=2)