There was a tune that played earlier today. Gryphon, I believe it was. I could have SWORN they were using a Bassoon and perhaps an English Horn (which is actually french in origin) and/or an Oboe. Very, VERY well done.

Roger -Dot- Lee, yah, I've got a classical bent.

roger- a bassoon it was. i had the pleasure of seeing gryphon
open for yes on one leg of the relayer tour, in support of
"red queen to gryphon three" .

there's samples on the gryphon site-
http://www.gaudela.net/gryphon

p e a c e kirk

There's a glass harmonica in Robyn Hitchcock's "Airscape" (played on my show)...very keyboardy sounding....

Steve Howe fans (of which I am one, but an apparently ignorant one) -- what exactly is a vachalia?

Of all the old-school synths out there, I prefer the sound of an ARP 2800 (if memory serves). And the earlier poster is right, Tony Banks used the mellotron choir as well as anyone.

Nice flautist for the old band Jade Warrior.

Beautiful violin on several Roxy Music tracks when Eddie Jobson was with the band. And of all bands, Hawkwind had a very proficient violinist/keyboardist for a number of albums in Simon House. HW isn't exactly known for their musical proficiency, but House is very, very good.

Ian Anderson likes the penny whistle, too.

The Psychedelic Furs are hardly a progressive band, but I saw them on tour with a cellist, and it was very effective. The lady made herself part of almost every song, and played with a lot of energy.

vachalia- an avocado-shaped, medieval-looking instrument whose tone is sort of a cross between a mandolin and a conventional 12-string acoustic guitar.

steve used it on wondrous stories.

k

Lest we not forget sitars. Used widely along with tablas in many many great records, prog and otherwise, in the western world. I for one love the sitar's sound, and had the joy of experiencing Ravi Shankar live in 1997 at the Wortham Center in Houston. Fantastic. He even took the time to distribute eastern music pamplets (explaining the instruments, scales, and methods of the music) and also educate the audience on the music's theories thru, frankly, lectures about the music. It was 2 hour-long sets of music, performance, and education. Brilliant.

There was this one guy who one time used these long bells that are tubular in shape. Man, that was cool.

One time? Hasn't he done that like 17 or 18 times now?

Moses
(Can't keep up with the bells)

drums man. all of them.

:D