Not a painter's tool.

9th question?


...and sorry, I don't use that definition of alive. If it was a whole plant or animal or human I would say yes, but otherwise, just too many things contain organic material for that to be a useful description. Beating a dead horse there, and yes, a dead horse would be considered to have been alive. Not the glue from its hooves however.

Is it a sclupters tool?

I assume you mean sculptor... but no.

10th question?

yeah, no spell check in here. lol

Is it a musical instrument?

Last Edited : Sunday, 10 January 2010 - 00:32

Yes.

11th question?

Is it a wind instrument?

Yup! At least, according to wikipedia.

12th question?

Does it belong to the flute family?

is it held with both hands or can it be used with one. (please dont count that as two questions...lol)

Not in the flute family, not a tranverse hole type instrument. (12th)

It is held in both hands. (13th)

14th question?

Last Edited : Monday, 11 January 2010 - 00:56

Is it a reed instrument?

Nope.

15th question?

Are the notes controlled by using the fingers only? ie there are no mechanical levers or valves

Yes. Getting very warm now!

16th question?

Is it an Aeolian harp?

This now points to a couple of things,

i, One of the recorder family
ii, Or to one of the medievil instruments like the `Box` or the `Serpent`

recorders are not made of metal
have a look at this site
www.ksanti.net/free-reed/description/taxonomy.html

Last Edited : Monday, 11 January 2010 - 17:59

I had not known they could not be metal,missed that one , i played a plastic one at school lol, could be a penny wistle though, interesting link though im savingit for those arguments with know it alls lol many thanks

Im not trying to shoot you down in flames Harold,but a penny whistle has 6 holes and Mog says its not a transverse hole type instrument.

A transverse hole means one you blow across to produce sound/vibrations, as with a standard flute.

A recorder is a "fipple" flute, where the mouthpiece is blown directly into and fingering changes the length of the air column. A penny whistle (actually a slide whistle) is more like a recorder than a flute, although it uses a piston or slide to change the length of the vibrating air column, like a trombone.

This item is none of those, and is not an Aeolian Harp.

Interestingly enough, it is not included on the link the Princess supplies, although that is a lovely page!

It may be made of metal, but as I said earlier, it is not the traditional material used to produce these.

17th question?

Last Edited : Tuesday, 12 January 2010 - 10:13