Well I was looking at this list of wind instruments and there are soooooo many. We don't have enough guesses.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_instruments

All this info reduces the item to a list of few.
Could this item be a Kazoo?

It isn't a kazoo.

It IS on the list at the link provided by Lothar.

18th question?

thanks for that one Mog, I was thinking of asking if it was on that site. Most of the wind instruments are referred to as flutes. Puzzling

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Whistle

just a link to show what we call a penny whistle in the uk,the one with a slid things name escapes me


edit, found out other one is the swanny whistle

Last Edited : Tuesday, 12 January 2010 - 18:46

Yeah, sorry, a slide whistle is what I was referring to earlier, a penny whistle has holes.

Is it a fujara?

No.

19th question?

Im being lazy here guys and girls,did we even work out if this thing has finger holes at all ?( not a question to you Mr Moggles )lol

Lazy, lazy, lazy. Yes it does have finger holes. I'm waiting for Princess next guess before I guess again. Go girl!

sorry mate, can you quote where we said it , im sure we only have a slight referece to it and not a confirmed answer, it could point us in the right direction , ( I cant find it )

Well you asked this question to which Mog replied Yes.

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

I would assume that the only way for the notes to be controlled as you describe is with holes.

There are instruments, blow out one end and u cover the other with your hand, different hand positions creat different tones.

Is it considered a brass instrument?

Hm, do you guys think an ocarina is transcerse?

Well keep in mind Mog said that it is on the website that I provided a link to above.

Crimson I see what your saying about transverse but I don't think the Ocarina is a transverse instrument and after spending an hour going through Lothar's site I really can't see anything else that fits the description which we have. Before making a guess on the Ocarina, what do you think?

I am a little confused in that you asked if it was in the flute family and Mog said not transverse. There are quite a few diff types of instruments classified as flutes on that site that are not transverse but end blown. I thought about asking that question. But I think it could be an Alphorn or some other similar brass catergory instrument.

Last Edited : Wednesday, 13 January 2010 - 19:17

We have two questions left which one of them will be answered to Lothar's question "Is it considered a brass instrument?" I think if the answer is "No" it could be the Ocarina, if the answer is "Yes" I think it would be some sort of brass horn instrument.
I did think it could have been the bugle as traditionally the bugle was made of horn but as we know now it isn't, but what persuaded me against the bugle is the fact that it is played with one hand. This needs to be taken into account as it was stated by Mog that it is held with both hands where most horn type instruments are not held by both hands.
I'll stop here before I write a novel. As I could rant about this all day and I don't want to bore you all and Dad expects me to do some work.
Cheers Angie

I think a brass has to be metal, i think that metal is not the trad material for this thing