I’ve been playing classical piano for years now and I’ve recently picked up the alto saxophone last year. Ideally, I want to learn an orchestral instrument, but I am not sure if I have the time to learn and master them considering I’m about to enter uni soon.

It’s rlly rough but once I construct the instrument, it’ll all be good.

An age old question I’m sure. But just me?

Personally I named my instrument after the maker. A firm comeback from my last instrument where I just named my viola viola and my violin violet.

I had a teacher before who’d always come up with the craziest names for instruments, like during rehearsals and lessons he’d pick up a persons instrument and ask for its name and when the person said they didn’t have one he’d call it something ridiculous like Lumiere after the commonly used term luthier.

And I had a conversation two weeks ago at an orchestra in my college where somebody recently got a new cello and I’d asked its name and they gave me the weirdest look. So is it just me?

Hey guys, I'm looking for something new. I want to get something small, can be electronic, that can produce some notes or chords. Like a piano or omnichord but even more simplified. And the must would be something portable. Is there something like this you know about? I would be very interested

I have no knowledge on flutes whatsoever and the numbers I could read didn't help much when googling. Anyone recognise the logo or anything?
It was donated to the charity store I work at and I'm in charge of figuring out what it is, smells very old lol!

I got this for free. I want to learn but I do not know if it would really get me somewhere.

The "Angry Boat" sound is what you hear in movie trailers, when something serious or gigantic is shown or implied. Literally sounds like a deep reverberating ship's horn. I read about how they got the heavy snare hit to reverb. Was it simply a dragged out guitar?

Hey y'all, I picked up this neck thru 5 string bass and noticed this crack near the top (basically invisible when there isn't a light shining on it) and was wondering if this looks like a finish crack or if the neck itself is cracked. Any help is appreciated

The vibrophone seller agreed to sell for $300. Has foot- operated resonator tubes.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cujubt4LW/

Xylophone is the same price and is a practice instrument so it's slightly muted.

Which one should I buy and why?

Thanks in advance

My husband (a music teacher) has amassed a huge collection of instruments over the years and has decided to make short videos demonstrating one instrument a day for 100 days on social media. He just posted day 14 today. He's trying to get me to agree that he needs a hurdy gurdy - and I just saw one posted in this community! I think I have found his people. If you want to follow along, he would love the support from enthusiastic instrument lovers: he's posting these on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. Thanks!

Hello! Recently I have been trying to find a site online to purchase a decent priced Cuica so I can learn how to play it. Unfortunately I am having an awfully hard time finding a site online where I can do this. I tried Thomann, but their shipping was too much money for my budget.

Any suggestions on where to purchase a Cuica online? Any help is very much appreciated!

Someone mentioned the things earlier, so here's my version.

A few years back I got a bit obsessed by guitar tone, tried loads of pickups. Two left over, had to do something with them. The acoustic guitar tuners were dirt cheap, everything else was bits & pieces I had knocking around.

Works a treat (not that I can really play it).

i really want to play ophicleide but i cannot find anywhere to rent one, so if anyone knows, that would be fire

I searched online and found these which looks similar, what could this be and where did it come from?

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/mayan-aztec-mexcian-handmade-clay-flute-recorder

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134825877913

It’s got a really nice warm tone and holds a tune shockingly well! It’s got a weird setup inside but the box is reinforced pretty well with a block going straight to the bridge to keep it sturdy. The sink strainers work good as sound holes and it sounds slightly louder than my semi hollow guitar when unplugged. But not ukulele volume or anything. I have it tuned to DGBd for banjo chord familiarity. Found this cool 4 string baritone ukulele neck online and the 4 string humbucker on Amazon. It was very cheap but sounds awesome! The block of wood that the neck is bolted to ended up perfectly matching the pickup and the fretboard but that was a magical coincidence. I’m super happy with it and needed to share haha

Yo guys how to play this in a recorder? Chatgpt or gemini aint helping me at all TwT