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My first instrument was my voice (singing with my three sisters and mother), then piano about age 7 I think, French Horn in junior high school & high school (continuing on piano), then guitar in college (continuing on piano), in mid-twenties I took up harmonica because I thought it was cool at those beach parties in So. California (continuing on piano whenever I could), in mid-thirties took up the drums because my job required traveling and I could always practice with just my drumsticks (continuing on the piano whenever I found one to play). And now, having purchased (just a year ago) my beautiful Petrof, I'm *still* continuing on the piano. I realize now that I never really strayed too far away from my first love: Piano.
Virginia (from Virginia)

Trumpet for two years... Bleh! Piano is much better!

I play the euphonium. The story is, I was at a summer program which had a band. They didn't have any euphonium players and the director knew me so he got me to learn euphonium for the band.
It's an amazing easy little instrument to play, I was up to speed with the band in a matter of 1 or 2 weeks.
I also play a little trumpet, but it's much more physically demanding.
If I could choose to learn any other instrument it would be the oboe. Man, that instrument has a great sound.

Guitar, Banjo, Accordian and harmonica....all in complete disuse since I got my grand piano 3 years ago. Anyone want to buy a dusty guiar, banjo or accordian?

Also play the guitar.

My sisters play the clarinet and sometimes I wish I also knew how to play, or at least play an orchestra instrument.

I would love to play the cello though. Wow - its sonorous sounds hit me when I first heard Elgar's concerto...

but Piano will always be my first love.

Classical guitar, flute. They sound really nice together by the way. At my wedding a classical guitarist and flutist played Pacabel's Canon. It was beautiful.

Cello. Clarinet. Trumpet. Of these the only one I feel I have any real modicum of ability with is the clarinet...

Guitar is hard. I gave it up after a few lessons.

I've played electric bass in rock/jazz/fusion bands for the last 10 years. I have played some latin percussion (though I have much to learn) and some classical guitar.

I used to play the banjo (clawhammer style), but it's been a while. Still love the music, though.

There are two kinds of dulcimer, the hammered dulcimer (one of which is seen next to gryphon, in his photo, above), and the mountain dulcimer (go here to see a mountain dulcimer).
Mountain dulcimers are not very much like ukuleles, although the basic design is similar, and hammered dulcimers share only the features of having strings and being made of wood (which might also be said of some tennis racquets).

I play the piano and violin . These are my specialised study. I play the viola and the cello also, and I'm afraid, rather clumsily on the guitar as well. I've tried handbells and chimes before...literally taught them in scholls for some time. And they are by far the most interesting instruments I've come across. I'm fasicinated by their sound.

Thanks Pallindrome for the info. The links shows something very similar to what we played.
Jon

LEts see..

All the instruments I have played

Piano
Recorder
Dulcimer
Guitar
Flute
Clarinet
Violin
Trumpet
Snare Drum (marching band)

All that I consider that i can play ok

Piano
Recorder
Dulcimer
Guitar
Flute
Clarinet

What I am profficient at

Piano


What Do i tell people when they ask me what I play?

I am a piano player.... although my friend tells me i SHOULD say pianist.... to me pianist means a fair degree of mastery, which i do have, just want to be better before i say.. YES I am a pianist.

I am definitely a flute player who can't wait to add the title "pianist". I played flute all through college and will probably continue teaching it for the rest of my life. My goal is to be able to accompany all my flute students on the piano.

I played the sax in pep band in high school and played the clarintet in the pit orchestra when they needed a third part. I once aspired to play them all, but flute is my first love.

For me,i am dreaming myself having another instrument such as Violin or harmonica.

I played flute in my school previously.Master some skill of the first flute and picolo.

However,first get my priority set correctly for my piano before any new instrument comes to my life!

Bass Player here.
Hence the user name!
M

Drums.... Is that an instrument ;-)

and guitar (very poorly)

Rodney

darb, you've given me an idea - my husband plays classical guitar and I have two flutes sitting around somewhere. Perhaps I can get my two daughters to learn flute in addition to piano and they can all make marvelous music together!

We have the two flutes because I used to play it - in high school; I was much better on the piano than on the flute and since I only have time for working on one instrument now, the flutes are languishing.

pedal steel guitar here . had to learn how to use both hands , both knees and both feet in very exacting time. after that the piano is not that much of a challange. its just learning where the notes are and how to read the notes, after that its just a matter of target pratice

umm...

Piano
Flute
Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
Drums
Atabaque
Berimbau
Pandeiro

My best of course is the piano. And of course my favorite.

I play guitar at about the same level I play piano. I also play banjo and have attempted mandolin, harmonica, and violin.