Uncommon Instruments Awareness Day Southbank, Victoria, Australia
By themd on 31-Jul-21. Waypoint GA22577

All good events come to an end

Thanks for those that came along and played me a tune.

Some interesting instruments.

played many instruments in the band at school
have also tried the digeredoo and a coconut with metal sprongs.
TFTVE

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I grew up in a musical family. I played piano and flute as a kid. However the most unusual instrument was the lagerphone. In the mid 70's the bushwackers band came to kyneton and I met the band and had a play on this instrument
Thanks themd for this day.

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The total of my musical history was learning the musette in primary school. Funnily enough I can't find any mention of it on google but it was like a recorder only shorter, fatter and with a closed end and made of plastic. I must have been an okay musette artist as I was part of a small group who played God Save the Queen at the school assembly. Unlike our son who used to stuff a hanky in his recorder so he could blow without making a sound. Believe me, it was for the best. TFTE themd.

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Good evening everyone l dont play old instruments but l can play the drums
l have an electronic drum kit which l usually play to my favorite songs about every 2 weeks
l am a legend in my own house
thanks themd

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Thanks for hosting tis event themd. I'm not musically inclined 9though I like listening to music) but I did have to learn to play a recorder at school many moons ago. I got the opportunity a few years back to try to play a didgeridoo ... but I failed dismally.

G’day themd and thanks for inviting me to your musical soirée.
Apart from playing the spoons my one claim to fame was playing Bells in the Sydney Myer Music Bowl in an orchestra from Shepparton as part of the Melbourne Festival in 2001 to celebrate the new century.
Luckily we can travel freely round this State at the moment.

Hi themd
Not really musical but tried to learn the violin at school - Mum and Dad said it sounded like the cat on the back fence
But the two strangest things I've tried to get music out of were:
1. the comb and paper
2. the gum leaf
The most success I had as a "musician" was playing the tea chest string (bass) in time with the rest of a bush band
Thanks for inviting me to your event
I enjoyed the flight in and out and am now in corona isolation - I think it will take an hour or two to drink them
Cheers OldSaint

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My two sons are both musical. They started with recorder at primary school and then progressed, at secondary school, to a variety of brass instruments; trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, tuba. Most recently the bagpipes have been added. I am not allowed to play their instruments so my addition for this cache is the GUMLEAF. I'm not good, but I can make a squeaky sound.

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I can play the Fosterphone alright in my mind, some others may disagree

My daughter used to play the French Horn, her choice of instrument, and of course she wanted to play it at competitions as a solo instrument and she did, much against her instructor wishes. It was not a fun instrument to listen to when she was first learning but you need to give her gold for her determination.
Thank you for the event.

Many years ago one of our kids had to make a musical instrument. After a deal of discussion, percussion was the chosen area and a walnut rattle was produced. It could be played by either shaking or spinning and, because of the vacant space in each walnut shell as each walnut dried, a very pleasant sound was achieved. It got frequent use at the time and survived for over 30 years. A photo of the walnut rattle has been added to the Gallery. Thanks themd for this event.

I am not at all musical. I HAD to learn to play the recorder and I have had a try at a marimba. Thanks for the event.

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I have no musical abilities whatsoever but I do have 2 puzzle caches that are all about unusual wind instruments on the other site. They are part of our wind turbine geoart. https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC93MRH_cbwt-08-blow-that-thing and https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC93MRA_cbwt-04-blowin-in-the-wind.

Thanks for the fun themd

Good morning and thanks for hosting this virtual event themd

I played the saxophone and the trumpet when I was younger. I have of course been accused of 'playing the fool'

Cheers mate

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The person holding this had carved it. He didn't say what it was called but it reminded me of a didgeridoo. I couldn't make a sound with it but thought it was a beautiful looking instrument.

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thanks for this virtual event. I am staying with an Australian instrument, the Didgeridoo. I have attempted to play but found it is not as easy to do.

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Good morning and thanks for hosting this virtual event. The weirdest instrument I have played would be the cow horns. TFTVE

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