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• 12 string guitar

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Les Lys brisés

    • Release 2: All Lead Belly releases

    • Release 3:

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    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • Found on almost any Genesis album. Right now I used acoustic guitar for those credits. - jongetje

• Afoxé

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a gourd (cabaça) wrapped in a net in which beads or small plastic balls are threaded, shaken to be played

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Agogô

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a type of bell

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Apito

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  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Arco Bass

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  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Ashiko

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a type of drum played with the hands

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Backwards electric guitar

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  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Not Too Late

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  • Comments:

    • Adam Levy is credited playing backwards electric guitars on Not Too Late. Is this really a separate instrument? :-S -- Prodoc 2008-03-08 15:20:21

      • Honestly, I highly doubt it. He's probably just playing it behind his back/head, reversed, on in some other strange way. Or perhaps it's a left-hand guitar. I don't know. But I doubt it warrants an instrument listing on its own. -- FrederikSOlesen 2008-03-09 00:27:52

• Balalaika double bass

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Dark Ages

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  • Comments:

    • Vitaly Hrenov is credited playing Balalaika double bass on Dark Ages. I don't know this instrument at all so I don't know if the 'double bass' aspect is default for this instrument or not. If it isn't, should we include it as a separate instrument? -- Prodoc 2008-03-08 15:20:21

      • You provided the link to Wikipedia and still didn't read the article? Double bass would correspond to the contrabass tuning. Just use balalaika for now and record the tuning in the SubOptimalCredits. Tunings will most likely be added as a separate attribute. -- FrederikSOlesen 2008-03-09 00:27:52

• Bandoneon

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  • Description: Description in Wikipedia

  • Instrument Family: Winds

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

      • This is popular instrument in tango. Look for example on Last.fm tag and check an Amazon. -- Levittoux

      • This instrument is currently included, and this entry should probably be removed.

• Barrel Organ

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Keyboard

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  • Comments:

    • BrianSchweitzer 2007-10-27 11:26:16

• Bass Drum

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: your standard drum-kit bass drum

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Basset-horn

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Brass

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  • Comments:

    • Mozart wrote several works specifically for basset-horn. To properly AR the full 170 CD set, I need this one. -- BrianSchweitzer 2007-11-03 06:21:22

• Batá drum

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list, spelled as "Bata" at Discogs -- BrianSchweitzer

• Bayan

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Snowfall at Night

    • Release 2: Sonata for Bayan, Part 3, by Viacheslav Taran

    • Release 3: Sofia Gubaidulina (Münchener Kammerorchester, bayan: Elsbeth Moser, cello: Boris Pergamentschikow feat. conductor: Christoph Poppen)

    • Release 4: Seven Words / Silenzio / In croce (feat. cello: Maria Kliegel, bayan: Elsbeth Moser)

    • Release 5: Ruslan and Ludmila, Fantasia on Glinka's Theme at least track 2, Introduction - Bayan's Song, and 12, Epilogue - Bayan's Song

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

    • Bayan is a type of chromatic button accordion (though there is also a drum of the table set which is called a bayan). -- Nereocystis.

• Chromatic Button Accordion

  • AKA: Chromatic Accordion

  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Gus Viseur

    • Release 2: Spleen

    • Release 3: Paris musette on most, but not all tracks

    • Release 4: Les Primitifs du Futur

    • Release 5: Manouche Partie

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list, mention in, eg, http://www.discogs.com/release/1253612

    • Bayan is a type of chromatic accordion

    • Chromatic Button Accordion is a type of accordion.

    • I don't like the category button accordion. The similarity between a chromatic button accordion and a diatonic button accordion is that both have a round buttons on the right hand side. On the other hand, both piano accordion and chromatic button accordions have a complete chromatic scale, and hence could be categorized under chromatic accordions. -- Nereocystis

• Bellowphone

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  • Instrument Family: Winds

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Blaster Beam

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  • Instrument Family: Strings

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Bombarde

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  • Instrument Family: Winds

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Box / Sruti Box

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia Sruti Box

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Keyboard?

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns, Volume 3

    • Release 2: This Earthly Spell (Sruti Box)

    • Release 3:

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    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • Some tracks on The Complete Songs of Robert Burns, Volume 3 credit a musician with "Box", which from the sound is a kind of accordion (see edits 7546921 & 7547611). Since other tracks on the same releases credit that same musician with "accordion", it seems that "box" is intended to refer to a specific instrument rather than it simply being a generic name for an accordion. -- TimVanHolder 2008-04-22 20:00:00

      • Looks like this may also be a Sruti Box (also http://www.shrutibox.com/), and Indian harmonium-like instrument (see 8704118). -- TimVanHolder 2008-04-30 21:00:00

      • Actually, a box is most often used as a generic term for double (or single (or, in rare instances, triple)) rowed button accordions (which are, AFAIK, always diatonic). -- FrederikSOlesen 2008-05-05 17:41:31

• Buk

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: Korean drum played with one hand and one stick

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Bullroarer

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  • Instrument Family: Other

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Byzaanchi

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  • Instrument Family: Strings

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Caixa

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  • Caixa

  • Description: a Brazilian snare drum used in samba music

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Cavaquinho

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  • Instrument Family: Strings

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Caxixi

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: an African drum, seems to be played both as a shaker and a hand drum?

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: New York Counterpoint

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Chalumeau

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a woodwind instrument of the late baroque and early classical era, in appearance rather like a recorder, but with a mouthpiece like a clarinet's.

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Four Seasons / Concerti "con molti istromenti" / Gloria (The English Concert feat. conductor: Trevor Pinnock) (disc 2)

    • Release 2: Concerti per mandolini / Concerti con molti strumenti (Europa Galante feat. violin: Fabio Biondi)

    • Release 3: Wind Concertos / Symphony "Il grillo" (Wiener Akademie feat. conductor: Martin Haselböck)

    • Release 4: Alchemist

    • Release 5:

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• Chanter

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  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Chanzy

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  • Instrument Family: Strings

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Charango

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  • Instrument Family: Strings

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Ching

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: Chinese finger cymbals

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Chitarra battente

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  • Description: Description in Wikipedia

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: track in tribute to Dead Can Dance

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• Cimbalom

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  • Instrument Family: Strings

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Clàrsach

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: Specific type of Irish folk harp

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Used on several volumes of the Linn Records' The Complete Songs of Robert Burns collection

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  • Comments:

    • (see 7509716, 7546873, 7593423, ...). -- TimVanHolder 2008-04-22 20:00:00

      • A "clàrsach" and an Irish harp are the same, the only difference is whether the instrument or player or tune is from Ireland or Scotland. Which, IMHO, isn't enough to warrant its own entry. (And I play one, so I should be as eager as anyone to have as much granularity as possible in this area!) I'd support renaming "Irish harp" to "Irish harp / Clàrsach" though. -- FrederikSOlesen 2008-05-05 18:40:32

• Computer

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  • Instrument Family: Other

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

    • We have "programming"? -- FrederikSOlesen 2008-03-09 10:12:09

• Cor Anglais

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  • Instrument Family: Winds

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Cuatro

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: A class of South-American guitars

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: When in Rome… by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra

    • Releases 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8: All the releases by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra

    • Releases 9, 10, 11: All the releases by Simón Díaz

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

    • Popular in folk and ethnic music. See also http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/ticket/3715 -- gioele 2008-05-06 10:43:00

• Cuíca

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: Brazilian friction drum used in samba music

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Cümbüş

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  • Wikipedia

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  • Comments:

    • I am not sure what the English word is, but WikiPedia also list it as Cümbüş and I never heard another saying for it. Many Turkish folk songs includes it. --syserror

• Daegeum

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  • Instrument Family: Winds

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Dhol

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: an Indian and Pakistani barrel drum

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Doshpuluur

  • AKA: Toshpuluur

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a plucked, banjo-like, long-necked lute used in the Tuva region of Mongolia.

  • Instrument Family: Strings

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Double-reed Slide Music Stand

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  • Description: An oboe read crossed with a music stand into a funky slidebar instrument.

  • Instrument Family: Winds

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  • Comments:

    • Used by, who else, PDQ Bach. -- BrianSchweitzer 2007-10-27 11:26:16

• Drone

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  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Other? Winds?

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

    • Is this an actual instrument of its own, or just generic droning (which can be done on most melody instruments)? -- FrederikSOlesen 2008-03-09 10:12:09

      • I'm not sure - Discogs gives no description for this one, I'll have to try to dig it out of their change notes if they mean as you describe, if they perhaps mean a tanpura, or if they mean something else. -- BrianSchweitzer 2008-03-09 11:46:36

• Drum Programming

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  • Instrument Family: Percussion

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

    • We have "Drum Machine" and "Programming". Perhaps "programmed" should be abstracted to become equal to "performed"? Ie., with its own instrument list? -- FrederikSOlesen 2008-03-09 10:12:09

      • Would seem to make sense, as well with regards to the "Computer" listing below - I can think of at least one case where "computer" would perhaps be both credited for (pre-)programming, as well as the composer then using the various programmed compositions as 'instruments' during a live performance. -- BrianSchweitzer 2008-03-09 12:03:09

        • I was going to second this suggestion but we already have the '{additionally} programmed {instrument on}' AR -- Prodoc 2008-03-11 21:09:26

• Dulcimer

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  • Instrument Family: Strings

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

    • We already have Appalachian dulcimer (plucked) and Hammered dulcimer (struck), as well as several children of the hammered dulcimer. Sure it isn't one of these? -- FrederikSOlesen 2008-05-06 20:27:56

• Dunduk

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  • Instrument Family: Winds

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Eagle Bone Whistle

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description: Sacred Native American instrument.

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: The Border of Heaven

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  • Comments:

    • See 8653887. -- TimVanHolder 2008-04-22 20:00:00

• Effects

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  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Other

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• E-Flat Bass Tuba

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Brass

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Secret of the Sahara

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  • Comments:

    • BrianSchweitzer 2007-08-05 02:13:27

• Ektare

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  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Electric Acoustic Guitar

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Unlimited: Saga (disc 2)

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  • Comments:

    • I'm a bit surprised that this isn't here already, it's not exactly a rare instrument. I came across one release it's used in - but I have no doubt that it's out there on various other releases as well. -- Kilu

      • From what I can tell, it's just a regular (acoustic) guitar with pick-ups. Do you want "electric-acoustic" bouzoukis, banjos, harps, accordions, violins, guitar basses, double basses, ... etc. as well? -- -- FrederikSOlesen 2007-07-13 10:42:20

        • I suppose you have a point there. I personally don't have an electric acoustic anything, so I don't know if the sound is any different from normal acoustic. I do think that it's sort of odd that it's specifically credited as such in the booklet though. Kilu

        • Perhaps an "electric" option which could then be applied to any instrument in the list? -- BrianSchweitzer 2007-08-13 13:40:54

• Electronic Wind Instrument

  • AKA: EWI

  • Description: the generic for this class of instruments

  • Instrument Family: Winds + Electric

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Moonlighting

    • Release 2: Welcome to the St. James' Club

    • Release 3: Weekend in Monaco

    • Release 4: Live in LA

    • Release 5: Brave New World

  • Comments:

    • BrianSchweitzer

    • In the process of adding performance credits to my favorite groups' releases, I found that there's no currently no entry for EWIs. I have a set of 6 albums which feature the instrument (5 of them listed above) that I am ready to add credits to. Wikipedia suggests there are also a number of well-known (in their genre) jazz performers, as well as albums and soundtracks, that make use of the instrument. More information about the EWI can be found on its wikipedia page. -- KrytenAG 2008-08-30 01:47:28

• Electronics

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  • Instrument Family: Other

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Erfu

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  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

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  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• F Bass Tuba

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  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Brass

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Secret of the Sahara

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  • Comments:

    • BrianSchweitzer 2007-08-05 02:13:27

• Feet and Clogs

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  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Other?

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Rice

    • Release 2: The Border of Heaven

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • I see that the list does already have "Handclaps", and surely feet are no less important musically than hands? I have many recordings with credits for human percussion. For example, from Rice, how should I enter Lucy Adams feet, clogs, singing? -- monxton 2007-12-15 23:49:31

      • Clogging is a form of, or at least intimately related to, step dancing. See discussion on dancing below. -- FrederikSOlesen 2007-12-16 10:40:51

        • See also 8653849. -- TimVanHolder

          • Track 10 of The Black Rider has credits for "boots". -- mikemorr 2008-07-18 12:35:28

• Finger Snaps

  • AKA:

  • Description: this would seem to be like clapping, describing snapped fingers, not some actual instrument

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

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    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Flageolet

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Flugabone

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Fretless Bass

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a variety of bass guitar without frets; can be acoustic, in which case it's the same as an upright bass, which is already listed, but can also be electric, in which case there is not currently a good match for it

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: The Floor's Too Far Away

    • Release 2: The Border of Heaven

    • Release 3: Trippy Notes for Bass

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • a variety of bass guitar without frets; can be acoustic, in which case it's the same as an upright bass, which is already listed, but can also be electric, in which case there is not currently a good match for it (Electric bass guitar comes closest). Not a huge deal, as "bass guitar" is close enough, but would be nice to have this specialized entry available. See 7445899 and 8653876. -- TimVanHolder 2008-04-22 20:00:00

• Fretless Guitar

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

• Ganzá

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a Brazilian rattle

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Glass Bowl

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: A Canticle for Leibowitz (as "Pyrex bowl")

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • BrianSchweitzer 2008-04-21 03:19:55

• Guimbri

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Homus

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Other

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Igil

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Janggu

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a traditional Korean drum

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Jarana

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: Mexican guitar variant

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Excitable Boy

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • See 7165280. -- TimVanHolder 2008-04-22 20:00:00

• Jug

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Kabosy

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Kanjira

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a south Indian tambourine

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Kaval

  • AKA: Blul

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: Chromatic end-blown flute

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Spirals in Hyperspace

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

    • Chromatic end-blown flute. Should probably have "Blul" as an alias, because that's the specific instrument I encountered (see 7445525 and 7445529). -- TimVanHolder 2008-04-22 20:00:00

• Khene

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• K'kwaengwari

  • AKA:

  • Description: appears to be a type of gong

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Kompang

  • AKA: Rebana

  • Description: type of Rebana, a small frame drum used in Islamic devotional music in traditional Malay culture. ( Wikipedia

  • Instrument Family: Percussion, Frame Drum

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Louder than Light by Wicked Aura Batacada

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • Adding just Rebana may suffice; a Kompang is a smaller version but I believe the same.

• Launeddas

  • AKA:

  • Launeddas

  • Description: a typical Sardinian woodwind instrument, consisting of three pipes

  • Instrument family: Winds

  • Appears on:

    • Release 1: Caminos de pache by Tenores di Bitti "Remunnu 'e Locu"

  • Comments:

• Loops

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Other

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Lur

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Lyricon

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Mandoguitar

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Marimbaphone

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Tuned Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Seeds

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • Used by Fats Sadi on Seeds, not currently credited -- Wizzcat 2008-08-09 21:29:03

• Mexican Harp / Arpa de Mariachi

  • AKA:

  • Mexican Harp / Arpa de Mariachi

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Excitable Boy

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • See 7165259. -- TimVanHolder 2008-04-22 20:00:00

• Mizmar

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Morinhoor

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Mridangam

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a south Indian drum

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Ney

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

      • Yes we do - as "Nai". There's several spellings for this one (Nai/Ney/Nye/Nay) -- TimVanHolder

• Outi

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Pandeiro

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a 'hand frame drum'

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Pandereta

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: Wikipedia links it to 'tambourine', but it's an incorrect translation. The Pandereta is a Puerto Rican franc drum, which is in the same family, but not the same as a tambourine.

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: New York Counterpoint

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • BrianSchweitzer 2008-04-21 03:19:55

• Pandero

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia (translated)

  • Description: Described in the liner as a "Spanish franc drum", looks like it's a relative of the tambourine.

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: New York Counterpoint

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • BrianSchweitzer 2008-04-21 03:19:55

• Pedalboard

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Other

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Piccolo trumpet

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Brass

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • Mozart also wrote several works for trumpet quintet, which includes a piccolo trumpet. Again, to properly AR several CDs in the 170 CD set, I need this one too. -- BrianSchweitzer 2007-11-03 06:21:22

• Pipe

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Pixiephone

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Pocket Trumpet

  • Issue: Ticket #3536

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Brass

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • a compact size B♭ trumpet, easy to carry around. Though never was considered good enough to be in official use in orchestras, it was featured quite some times in small jazz bands. Don Cherry is Mr. Pocket Trumpet, and him alone has dozen of releases on which he uses it (also check most Ornette Coleman releases where he features) - revealing this somewhat neglected poor trumpet its true potential. All these are currently documented as simply trumpet. Note this is not the same as the Piccolo Trumpet that we now have. More about the thingie at wackypedia. -- dmppanda 2008-01-21 05:24:09

• Pump organ

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Keyboard?

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Aldrig får jeg fred

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • Used by Jørgen Dickmeiss on Aldrig får jeg fred. Should be a child of "Reed Organ" per WikiPedia. (Unless it's actually exactly the same as a harmonium... ? I couldn't quite determine.) -- FrederikSOlesen 2008-03-26 07:41:15

• Ramana

  • AKA:

  • Ramana

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: New York Counterpoint

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A type of drum, not seeing much info on it. There is a picture of one at the linked site, however. -- BrianSchweitzer 2008-04-21 03:19:55

• Rauschpfeife

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Rebana

  • AKA:

  • Description: a small frame drum used in Islamic devotional music in traditional Malay culture. ( Wikipedia

  • Instrument Family: Percussion, Frame Drum

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Louder than Light by Wicked Aura Batacada (credited as Kompang, smaller version)

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • Could be added with Kompang as a sub-instrument, but as Kompang is I believe just a smaller version adding Rebana may suffice.

• Reco-reco

  • AKA:

  • Reco-reco

  • Description: a specific type of Brazilian Güiro

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. The orangish picture on the left is a reco-reco (picture is correctly identified in the Portugese page). -- BrianSchweitzer

• Regal

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Other

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Repinique

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a 2-headed Brazilian drum

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Requinto Jarocho

  • AKA:

  • Requinto Jarocho

  • Description: Small guitar

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Excitable Boy

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • See 7165294. -- TimVanHolder 2008-04-22 20:00:00

• Riqq

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: The Riqq is an Egyptian franc drum, also in the tambourine family.

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: New York Counterpoint

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • Another which Wikipedia incorrectly identifies, though their picture and the picture's ID is correct. It is not the same as a tambourine or shakers, however, and the most common form in English is 'Riqq', not 'Riq' or 'Rik'. -- BrianSchweitzer 2008-04-21 03:19:55

• Rozhok

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Ruan

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Sarangi

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: bowed string instrument from India, Nepal and Pakistan.

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Saxobone

  • AKA:

  • Description: A trombine modified to accept a saxophone mouthpiece. Used by jazz player Eddie Harris (inventor?) among others.

  • Instrument Family: Brass? Winds?

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • BrianSchweitzer 2007-10-27 11:26:16

• Scratches

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Other

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

      • We have "Turntable(s)"? -- FrederikSOlesen 2008-03-09 10:12:09

• Shanai

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Shenai

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Sintir

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Slapstick

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: a wooden whip - 'The other type also has two planks of woods, one longer than the other, with one handle, connected with a spring hinge so it can be played with just one hand, though it cannot produce sounds as loud as a whip requiring both hands.'

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Spinet

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Steel Drums

  • AKA: Steelpan, steeldrums, pans

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: drum made from a 55 gallon drum, used in a lot of carribean music

  • Instrument Family: Percussion

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Stroh violin

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Alice

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • Listed several times in the booklet of the Tom Waits album Alice. See 7905421. -

    • Toni Marcus has a credit for "stroviola" on Into the Music

MClemo

• Strum Stick

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Suling

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Winds

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Surbahar

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Swarmandel

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• SynthAxe

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Strings

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Talkbox

  • AKA:

  • Description:

  • Instrument Family: Other

  • Appears On:

    • Release 1:

    • Release 2:

    • Release 3:

    • Release 4:

    • Release 5:

  • Comments:

    • A Discogs instrument AR we don't yet list. -- BrianSchweitzer

• Tamborim

  • AKA:

  • Wikipedia

  • Description: A small, ro