posted on June 22, 2001 01:59:55 PM
Hello Gang! We have this mystery musical instrument thing, maybe for a drum? We are stumped and no one we know can identify what this thing pictured below is exactly. Can anyone help identify this? Thanks to all.
http://members.aol.com/popepjm/musicthing.jpg<img src="http://members.aol.com/popepjm/musicthing2.jpg"><img src="http://members.aol.com/popepjm/musicthing3.jpg">
[ edited by badcompany on Jun 22, 2001 02:07 PM ]
[ edited by badcompany on Jun 22, 2001 02:09 PM ]
posted on June 22, 2001 02:35:23 PM
Do you not have a music store near you that you could take them to? They look like they could be for a drum set, but then again...
I'd find a good musical instrument shop and ask them. They're really pretty.
posted on June 22, 2001 04:58:48 PM
It's a percussion musical instrument.
Called what it looks like: coconuts.
Remember the skit with the three monkeys playing instruments by Ernie Kovacs? I think it was coconuts used for the last riff each time just as the monkeys looked up.
posted on June 22, 2001 05:17:27 PM
Yes, some kind of percussion instruments, could be Caribbean in origin, but the origin is just a wild guess. Different sizes for different tones.
These might be wanted by a drummer to add to his or her kit for an added variety of sounds. Or, there will be percussionists that want specialty instruments like this.
Here's a website that might help you. I knew as soon as I saw them that they were percussion instruments, but I didn't know what they were called (thanks, capotasto!). I thought of suggesting that you contact the nearest chapter of the Musicians Union as a way to sell them, but I thought of putting "percussionist" in a search engine. I came up with the following:
It looks like they have a message board, so you would probably get a VERY good idea of what price to set or if people are interested (and unlike AW they may allow links to actual auctions, and that would be a GREAT way to get to your target audience should you decide to sell).
Good luck!
Without eBay, I might have a real life...
[ edited by joice on Jun 22, 2001 02:18 PM ]
