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Points: 26309 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2004 at 13:51

Enormous Sucking Trout (Paul Cook of IQ on 'Are You Sitting Comfortably') That might have been made up though
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Points: 4215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2004 at 13:28

 How about the bassoon and crumhorns played by Brian Gulland on the Gryphon albums.  I think Richard Harvey used to play those crumhorns a bit too... I use to think it was funny to see Brian with the crazy knapsack he had for transporting that bassoon to and from rehearsals...
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Points: 3525 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2004 at 12:01

The typewriter used as rhythm on Twelfth Night's "We are Sane"

The Ondeline (or Clavioline, almost the same instrument- one of the first synthesizers, and quite rare) used on Mezquita's "Recuerdos de mi Terra"

"The Land of Grey and Pink"- the bubbles! Does that count? I'm not including the various atmospheric sound effects used throughout prog...Pink Floyd alone would fill up a page!

Tony Levin's instrument referred to above was called a "Chapman Stick"- I always liked the sound, although it sounded a little synthetic...but then what didn't in the 80s?

 

 

 
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Points: 8548 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2004 at 11:59
The "Claghorn" used by Tull on This Was, it never came into fashion 
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The theramin.. as used by Pamela Kurstin in her band.  Used by the Beach Boys years ago in Good Vibrations too, I understand.  I know its truly weird to watch her play it.  But the hand movements are sort of erotic....
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Points: 4888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2004 at 08:59

 

Charango, an Andean kind-of-mandolin (so typical in Peruvian/Bolivian folk), played on one track of AMAROK's latest album 'Quentadharkën.

Also, the mellophone (percussion instr. invented by Phil Shulman) on one track of GG's 'Octopus', and the Shulberry (a string instrument invented by Derek Shulman) on ona track of GG's 'The Power & the Glory'.



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Peter Gabriel apparently plays accordion on Trespass
Gentle Giant play a mellophone on Octopus!
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2004 at 08:12

Tony Levins stick thing..

Although I suppose it was basically just a bass guitar type thing..
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Points: 32 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2004 at 08:02
the Hurdy Gurdy used on Steve Hillages "L" album.
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Points: 1475 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2004 at 04:56
I vote for the Dutch street barrelorgan used by Kayak in their song Mammoth.
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