Have you ever played a famous instrument?

[D'wards]

Or rather an instrument a famous song was recorded on?

I've played the piano that A Day in the Life was played on, and also the one Obla da Obla di was played on.

Unfortunately I can only play chopsticks

 

[Spymaster]

I think this might be quite a small club.

 

[MickiQ]

My musical talent starts and ends at the play button on my CD player so no.

 

[Cloo]

My dad sometimes played the organ of King's College Chapel, Cambridge when he was a student. He basically used to pretend to be an organ scholar and no one checked

My parents have had Julian Lloyd Weber's Stradivarius cello in the boot of their car, which my mum said was somewhat nervewracking as it was worth a cool few million

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I played the snare that was used on papa's got a brand new pigbag once apparently

 

[danny la rouge]

I played Grieg’s piano. Well, plinked a key.

 

[weltweit]

I don't know about famous, but my mother procured a very special child sized violin for me to learn on and so pleasant was its sound that my violin teacher use to greet me with Oh weltweit, and your beautiful instrument, at which point he would lift it up and play glorious music for the duration of the class. I never leant more than a squark, he was always on it

 

[klang]

Obladi oblada.

 

[planetgeli]

Obladi oblada.

The song Paul McCartney brought back from India. The sum total of everything he brought back from India.

 

[D'wards]

The song Paul McCartney brought back from India. The sum total of everything he brought back from India.

Possibly a healthy skepticism of gurus too

 

[petee]

I owned a pair of second hand speakers which were previously owned by Michael Tilson Thomas, I was told by the salesman, who said that after I brought them, had no reason to lie, and I didn't even know who Tilson Thomas was then.

 

[Fez909]

I've played this drone synth, which is maybe internet-famous, if not famous-famous.



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I've played on some of the other instruments from his (excellent) channel, too, at This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete, in Margate.

 

[D'wards]

Ooh, my oldest pal's dad was a guy called Roger Coulam.
He was a session player in the 60s and 70s on the old Hammond.

He played arguably the most famous Hammond riff of all time - Je Taime.

I've text me mate to ask if he played it on his own Hammond, which me mates mum still has. He died about 15 years ago so can't verify obvs

 

[A380]

My organ was pretty famous* round north London back in the day.


(* obviously, and sadly it wasn’t really, but I couldn’t resist the purile humour…)

 

[xenon]

I played through a guitar amp which was at one time owned by one of the Stones. Mick Taylor though not Keith Richards.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Or rather an instrument a famous song was recorded on?

I've played the piano that A Day in the Life was played on, and also the one Obla da Obla di was played on.

Unfortunately I can only play chopsticks

There are four different pianos on A Day in the Life.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I’ve held Brian May’s “red special” guitar. I can’t play guitar though.

 

[klang]

I had this very moog in the studio and recorded it

 

[seeformiles]

I once had a twiddle on Peter Murphy’s (Bauhaus) 12-string guitar. Also, my 2nd cousin let me have a rip on a beautiful Gretsch acoustic given to him by Willie Nelson.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Or rather an instrument a famous song was recorded on?

I've played the piano that A Day in the Life was played on, and also the one Obla da Obla di was played on.

Unfortunately I can only play chopsticks

I played the piano that Lady Madonna was played on. Maybe it was the same one. Beatles Room at Abbey Road. . . . Maybe the studio manager guy said 'obla de obla da' or hey jude and I misremembered. I'm not really a Beatles fan.

I also played the Henry Willis organ at the royal albert hall.
. . . and does playing through the blonde one from Status Quos vintage AC30 count?
Oh, and John Bonham's drum kit (or one of). I didn't know who he was at the time.

 

[Steel Icarus]

There are four different pianos on A Day in the Life.

Three of them for just the final chord, though

 

[Steel Icarus]

Obladi oblada.

Granny shit

 

[weepiper]

I have recorded in Maida Vale studio, so in the same room space as countless famous instruments.

 

[existentialist]

I brought Nik Turner's sax in from his car, once. It was very battered, and so was the sax.

 

[mojo pixy]

I've played Paco's drum kit (but with my own snare and cymbals) and Captain Hotknives's guitar. Not famous famous but .. well. Needs must when you're a support act arriving by bike

 

[Spymaster]

We're now getting sufficiently obscure for me to get involved.

I got told off for plucking a string on the Grecian Harp, at Kenwood House.

 

[klang]

Just remembered - i played Johnny Marr's guitar

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Half the warehouse sound systems of the mid to late 90's seemed to have Pink Floyd's cast off speakers

But if you want really obscure, done a line of K off

Spoiler: Fatter Faction's

303.

 

[Leafster]

I've played * Ralph Vaughan Williams' piano. It's the one he composed a fair bit of his music on including The Lark Ascending.

* I say played but it was just a few bars of something I half-remembered as I can't play properly.

Ralph Vaughan Williams' piano goes on display at composer's childhood home

Instrument donated by an anonymous collector will be used for recitals at National Trust-owned Leith Hill in Surrey

www.theguardian.com

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I've played Paco's drum kit (but with my own snare and cymbals) and Captain Hotknives's guitar. Not famous famous but .. well. Needs must when you're a support act arriving by bike

Paco played my drumkit once (and left a broken spur :-( )