Unusual instruments

I have an ex girlfriend from Lithuania who gave me a gift of very very old handmade pipe flutes.

They are all together in a bag made of wolf pelt, I can't remember the exact number but it's close to 10 seperate pipes of different length and each flute has 1 note. It's meant to be used in a group circle or close quarters. Probably around a fire. Each person gets 1 note and the group efforts make the songs.

Always thought it was a cool concept

bass banjo

Been a few things I have heard that I like.

I heard an Irish folk band in a pub in Chicago. One of the band members was playing the bouzouki. I saw the guy at the bar and asked him about it, that is how I know what it is called. Really cool sound, Wikipedia says this about it

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It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and a long neck with a fretted fingerboard. It has steel strings and is played with a plectrum producing a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but pitched lower.

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A plectrum is basically a pick.

Dulcimers have a cool sound, I also like Harpsichords. The Glockenspiel is cool but I don't know if I have ever heard it actually used in a musical performance, I have just heard clips of people playing it.

Anything Brian Jones was playing.







and so on.

Jonathon "Boogie" Long and Fret Shack's ACG-1 (Ammo Can Guitar)

My oldest son has this one now. It's the only one I ever made and I have no plans to make even one more.

The Koto, Japanese 13 string instrument.