Instruments

I have a collection of instruments of all shapes and sizes. My main instrument is the drum kit, but I also possess a piano, a virtual analogue synthesiser, an electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, recorder, harmonica, flageolet, children's zither, and finally a passable (but not very expressive) singing voice.

To date, I have acquired a veritable plethora of musical instruments. Not that I can play many of them very well, you understand, but in the odd flurries of inspiration I have been known to strum the odd chord (usually it is a very odd chord).

Below is a selection of these poor, long-suffering instruments, in no particular order:

Drums and Percussion

Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Drum Kit	Roland SPD-S Sampling Drum Module

Not shown:

• Roland TD-5 Electric Drum Kit
• Ludwig Rocker drum kit
• 2 x practice kits converted to electric kits for MIDI recording
• Darabuka (Middle Eastern drum)
• Bongos
• Sundry other bits and things to shake, rattle, roll, or hit

Fretted Instruments

Yamaha RGX121S Electric Guitar	Yamaha RBX374 Bass Guitar	Encore ENC44 Acoustic Guitar

Reghin Bouzouki	Encore Falcon Mandolin

Not shown:

• Kinder-Zither, children's zither (made in the former East Germany).
  Very nice sound. Will get round to using it on a recording one of these days.

To date I have used the RGX121S electric guitar, RBX374 bass guitar, and mandolin on actual recordings; the first two on my ever-expanding and incoherent solo project, and the mandolin on a few tracks by BAiT.

Keyboard Instruments

Beadle & Langbein Upright Piano	Yamaha AN1X Virtual Analogue Synthesiser
Roland PK-5 Midi trigger foot pedals

The piano is a family heirloom in my possession. It was used by the whole family. It's origins are unclear, but my father began his professional life as a piano tuner, so it remained in good shape tuning-wise while he was alive. Unfortunately, by the time I asked him to teach me how to tune pianos, he told me that his hearing was not good enough.

Professional

Academic

Music

Miscellaneous

Family

Rants

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