Rare musical instruments I Quiz

Straightforward this, 1pt for correct identification, awarded only for precise answer. Discretionary 0.5pt for a good try.

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Good luck !

.....and I'm adding a Rolfie bonus to each of these musical threads:

31.

[Q]

6. Kazoo
1. Soprano saxophone

One good point for Kazoo, Q, but your number 1) answer is too wide of the mark - it's neither a saxophone, neither is it soprano in pitch. Your answer matches a question on one of the other two quizzes, though. ;)

[glow=red,2,300]Q 1pt[/glow]

[Q]

2. Looks like a double bass, but surely thats too obvious, on closer inspection (poor picture) it seems to have too many strings??

Excellent observation, this instrument is medieval. 0.5pts to you.

[glow=red,2,300]Q 1.5pts[/glow]

[Q]

Is it a 7 string bass viol then?

Yes it is, Q. You get the other half-point.

[glow=red,2,300]Q 2pts.[/glow]

[WolfLord]

31.Stylophone

Woflman gets the "Rolfie bonus".

Leaderboard :
1. Q 2pts
2. Wolfman 1pt

[Q]

Actually 6 should be a pair of Kazoo's ;D

q said:

Actually 6 should be a pair of Kazoo's ;D

You get nothing for a pair !
..."not in this game!"

[barbelman]

Hi Tommo

10 is a serpent/serpentine?

Tony

Spot on Tony, the dreaded Serpent.

(Enters Alan Partridge mode) .....dating back from biblical times, and found tempting Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Leaderboard :
1. Q 2pts
2= Wolfman 1pt
2= Barbelman 1pt

[Chris_Sav]

5) looks like a hurdy gurdy (not sure) and I didn't have to google for that!! I've seen similar in a local folk group.

Sav.

Good point there to Sav, the Hurdy-gurdy man. ;)

Leaderboard :
1. Q 2pts
2= Wolfman 1pt
2= Barbelman 1pt
2= Sav 1pt

Time to shut down one of the quizzes and this one has had more answers than most.

So these were the missing answers :

1. Bass Clarinet. (Although it has a metal bell-end like a saxophone, it is still classed as a woodwind instrument.) Quite easy to play, doesn't need as much 'puff' as a saxophone. Very rare though, you would be lucky to buy one for less than a grand.

3. Egyptian Harp. Medieval instrument favoured by strolling minstrels.

4. Flugelhorn. Fore-runner of the trumpet and cornet, but some still in existence to this day.

7. Russian Bassoon. Note the snake like mouth.

8. Shawm. Ancient, recorder-like, forerunner of the clarinet.

9. Tubax. Rare but a comparatively recent invention. I'd never heard of this myself until researching instruments with the lowest pitch. In that respect it is a rival for the Contrabassoon.

Quiz ended :

1. Q 2pts
2= Wolfman 1pt
2= Barbelman 1pt
2= Sav 1pt