a_arnold -> RE: Instruments you bought but don't play much (Aug. 27 2008 14:59:31)
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No, just 4 flamenco guitars. Oh. And there's a classical, technically. Um. And an oud I got in Marocco, but rarely play, because I only ue it to accompany a guitar in bulerias, so that hardly counts. I forgot the sitar, but only because I'm blocking. It took me 8 years of lessons to realize I couldn't do that AND guitar as well as I wanted to do both. So the sitar doesn't count, really. Neither does the bouzouki or the balalaika, because I only learned a few songs on them. A few misc drums don't really count, do they? They're only drums, after all. And the bagpipe practice pipe and the fife don't really count either, being wind. Likewise the harmonica. And the really old ivory-fretted Italian guitar isn't playable, just a wall hanger, so that definitely doesn't count. Likewise the antique Washburn parlor guitar. Well, it's playable, technically, but who would want to? And the harpsichord. I guess that counts. Except not really, since I built it rather than buying it. Not paying for it means it doesn't count. And a bandurria and a mandolin, but they hardly matter. And some strange African 3-stringed calfskin-topped bowed lute-like instrument I got in Marrakesh after I saw 3 blind beggars playing them. It looks a bit like a rebec. I never learned to play it, so that doesn't count. Is a tambourine really a musical instrument? I think not. Oh wait. I did have a set of bagpipes, but I went to a Gaelic festival and left the car window down. Eventually I remembered it was open and I ran back to lock the car, but I got there too late. Someone had left another set of bagpipes on the seat. So now I have 2. But I figure the second set cancels out the first. And I no longer have the accordion. My wife explained to me that a true gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't. So I sold it. But I can still threaten to play the bagpipes. So really it's just a few flamenco guitars. Tony Arnold
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