Instrument Explorer Gifts

"When did we switch from magazines to musical instruments?"

Timpani.

"...what did that music teacher give my super-talented boy to learn, then?"

"Would the violin be any easier than this?"

"I didn't like the direction the band was going, so I decided to strike out on my own."

Sight test with a violin.

Baby Playing Violin

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Marimba

Sounds that various toys make when they are vacuumed up.

"Don't you think it's time we talked about Operation Doug?"

Turn, turn and turn.

No Elgar!

"Woke up this morning, someone had nicked my guitar..."

Orchestra.

Theorbo

'Play it again, Sam.'

Cycling with a harp case

Bassoons.

At times Richard dreaded coming home, as he knew he'd have to face the music.

Saxophone Player.

Trumpeter swan meets trombone swan.

"We tried 'Baby Mozart,' but he prefers 'Baby John Cage.'"

My other cello is a Stradivari

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

Quartet.

Whodunnit. Whoreallydunnit.

Musical Web

Robot Painter

"All a cat CAN do is strive for authenticity."

Didgeridoo

"It all started when I read somewhere that happiness is an inside job. Naturally, I assumed some breaking and entering was involved."

Musical genres

"I think earth's antivirus software expired."

The Harper Plays Cricket.