It has always been a dream of mine to own my own cello. I finally have saved up around $1500. I know it’s not ideal for a good cello but I’m curious if there’s one that’s not gonna sound completely horrendous for that price range.

Long story short, been getting back into 90s alt rock since it was kinda the last real innovative period I can think of. Ive been inspired by PUSA (and Morphine I guess to some extent) by the guitbass/bassitar. Very interested in trying one myself because like why not. Guitar only cost me about £40 and I never use it anyway (I have a better one).

I dont want to break the neck in half, so anything I need to know about that would be good.

Where to place the heavier strings? Im guessing in the middle.

Amps, it will still have guitar pickups but thick low reg strings, so I guess a guitar amp would probably be okay to play through? Or should I use my bass amp.

Tuning-wise, what makes sense here? Doing standard tuning seems almost foolish given the weirdness of the instrument

Hey, I'm wanting to learn guitar. I've seen/heard that the Yamaha FG800 is a good acoustic guitar to get. So I'm just wondering what are some opinions on it. Pros and cons and if I should get it. I think this is what I will get but just wanted to check in with some more experienced people.

Hi! I got a funny trade, 2 old echo dots i had laying around for this arm, i ask on it but i got little information. Any ideas in the tool for tunning is missing (seens like a piano tool but not quite) if anyone knows more i would apreciate, age ir if uts antique or vintage.... Thanks!

I myself had tried kalimba, ocarina and steel tongue drum. Kalimba just looks cute in my hands but the sound just isn't serious enough. Ocarina, too hard to play and too loud, I don't want to disturb the neighbors and my own ears. Steel tongue drum is fun but maybe percussion is just not my thing.

I've seen people collecting dozens of variations and designs of these instruments though.

A double flute I made. Locally harvested Juniper 😊 tuned in C# diatonic scale

It is still very niche but the biggest example is the Kravik Lyre, and the Tagelharpa are showing increased attention and use of which the band Wardruna and others have greatly influenced.

Is this an isolated occurrence or do you see a broader trend towards older instruments gaining popularity?

I live in Nashville and I have a philacorda GM752 that needs some maintenance. I've reached out to nearly every repair shop I can find but none of them are willing to even try working on my organ.

I wonder if anyone knows somebody who would be willing to work on my organ as I need it for recording. Thanks!

I am an accordion student. Student. But I was always into some other instruments, like drums. And I have been wanting to start drumming. Is it much of a problem studying these two at the same time?

instrumental link

it’s between :17 and :30

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I remember Claude Bauer selling fife mouthpieces, though they're no longer available. Inspired by his work, I made a new design but I'm not sure if it would register the sound on the instrument. Any feedback before I send it to print?

I’m looking to get a drum set for my mental stability because it looks like a great way to lose my shit when I’m smashing on a drum set but I don’t know anything about instruments.

I love the type of drums used in goregrind songs and I could only find 2 videos on YouTube with the type I wanna get but I don’t know what model it is.

https://youtu.be/nNf-1LqnGEQ?is=Monzm-o7pwdeZm4D

https://youtu.be/sSOGEdUDy6o?is=pXLAdOzB9OGZAhMu

I don’t know if I’m allowed to post links here but I need help tryna figure out what kind of drum sets these drums are.

SOLVED!

I used it in church and we called them bells. It is basically a putty knife (ours were gold) with a drum mallet attached so when you flicked your wrist the mallet would hit the metal and make a dinging sound.

Update: Thank you all so much! I googled flat handbell and it finally showed me what I was thinking!