Al Gardner Bardezbanian was a genius.

and saz

Lute music of the Renaissance is extremely relaxing.

I have an entire album of theorbo music that I love listening to. I heard the theorbo for the first time during a performance of Handel’s “Semele” at Seattle Opera.

I sing with a choral group that does mostly early music. At one concert he was accompanying a piece on the theorbo, and the thing is so damn big that he could hardly turn without nearly whacking one of us. Love the sound. Here's a video of a voice recital, he's the guy in the middle (obviously):

Before wound strings were used for the lower tone notes, they had to go for length.

Can't take it to gigs in a compact car.

They were used for continuo parts for awhile in the early Baroque era until ensembles started getting bigger. It's a great sound but not very loud.

I recommend listening to it on Captain Beefhearts song "Electricity"


-90% jimmy

Appalachian dulcimer, harp, violincello piccolo and mandolin. Oboe too.

(I also play it, and a bunch of other woodwinds.)

And most of the things I play are much softer.

when he walked around the block dressed in full Scots regalia playing "When The Saints Go Marching In."

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One of the earlier AC/DC songs had bagpipes in it too.

Tongue-alina - a musical instrument native to Texas that is played by stretching a horsehair over a dog's ass and plunking it with your tongue. It makes a unique sound but leaves a terrible aftertaste.

Cheers ☮

Invented by Benjamin Franklin.
Like FalloutShelter already said, I'd go with the Cello.

the harpsichord

Here is Robert Armstrong playing the saw. He taught me how to play the saw, and explained, “If you can whistle it, you can play it on a saw”.

My grandaughter practices piano on a baby grand that belonged to her Dad's parents. The pedals have developed a squeak. But if I am at their house and she is playing, I love to hear her music.

Looks like a big old trumpet that sounds like a French horn

Wonderful. Thank you.

Requires really good fingernails, which I don't have, so I could never replicate their tone.

Bagpipes, sitar, theobor, ...
I even focus my acoustic guitar playing on moving chords to have different drone strings. That's how much I like that effect.

A Basque flute.

Wolf