Has anyone seen my ocarina?

[OzMando]

Hey there Mandolin Cafe,

I recently spent 10 weeks in a different town and for some reason while I was away I kept thinking "I wish I'd brought my ocarina with me so I could learn it" (I had a bit of spare time). So when I got home I had a good scout around and apparently I've put it somewhere "clever" which means I can't find it.

So I have two questions...

1- Does anyone know where I put my ocarina? ;) :whistling:

and

2- Has anyone else ever misplaced a musical instrument?


Look forward to you tales (or irate rantings if you must) :grin: :popcorn:

[Shane Halloran]

Hi Ozmando.....i looked around here........and nope its not here on the lazy Murray river ( no where near the fires),and I have not manged to misplace any instruments yet:mandosmiley:

[allenhopkins]

Here it is. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fTNbaK4KaM)

I lost a Silvertone electric guitar in a bus station in Colorado Springs in 1968; nothing since.

[Mike Bromley]

Wild Thing!
You make my...Ocarina Sing!
You make....everything...disappear....

My cats were all sitting staring at me as I played the above video; as if to say: That's no mandolin!

[OzMando]

Allen, how come it never sounded like that when I played it?

[Coffeecup]

1- Does anyone know where I put my ocarina? ;) :whistling:



Not off hand - did anybody tell you where to put it?


I lost my kazoo. Nobody helped me look for it. :crying:

[Ravenwood]

My wife once hid my high G tin whistle!

Sorry to hear about all the wild fires going on down there. Our prayers are with you.

[OzMando]

Nowhere near me thankfully (1200kms away) but those affected will certainly appreciate that.

[allenhopkins]

Allen, how come it never sounded like that when I played it?

Well, you're "OzMando," and he's "hindocarina," so there you have it...

[Jack Roberts]

I was looking for my keys this morning and I found my G harmonica in the sofa.

[Jim MacDaniel]

...I lost my kazoo. Nobody helped me look for it. :crying:

I lost my banjo -- and my friends wouldn't tell me where they disposed of it.

[OzMando]

Maybe it's secretly making music somewhere with my ocarina and coffeecup's kazoo ? :grin:

[Coffeecup]

Hmmm, I hope they release a CD.

[blacksmith]

Well that's just great, now i can't get that dammed tune outta my head!!

[mandopete]

The Bunyip took it.

[Michael Gowell]

I have an 'American Broadkaster' ocarina (by Gretsch!) in it's original box. I hate the sound but bought it (for $2) so I could make a killing in the vintage ocarina market someday.

[man dough nollij]

I'm pretty sure I just saw a penguin walking by, playing it. He was headed north, so you'll probably have it back in ten years (they don't walk very fast).

[PhilGE]

I think I lost a tune, but can't recall.

I always know where my mandolin is. My car keys, now, that's another matter!

[OzMando]

The Bunyip took it.

Nice Aussie reference! Well done :grin:

[Mattg]

A dingo ate your ocarina. (more of a Seinfeld reference).

[blacksmith]

I'm waiting for the distressed master model...................

[Jim MacDaniel]

A dingo ate your ocarina. (more of a Seinfeld reference).

Then you may need to follow it around with a plastic bag to get it back. (more of a Cheech & Chong reference)

[Gutbucket]

It turned into a sweet potatoe. I was just in Santa Fe, N.M. and saw one of those in a shop. It sounds like a happy little instrument. Somehting you'd want to play at summer camp.

[OzMando]

maybe I should buy an actual sweet potato and poke some holes in it :o

[Rod_Neep]

Whenever I lose something like that, I always ask my wife.

Problem is..... I always get the same stock answer.
"Where did you last use it".

But I can tell you.... that stock answer becomes really frustrating after years of hearing it. :(

Rod

[Santiago]

I bought an ocarina as a souvenir in Italy back in 1982. I had just come out of the Vatican and I was walking to the Spanish stairs. It was handmade, and I was just pleased that it wasn't the usual carved elephants. Over the years I've learned to play it when I'm bored. By now I can play quite a few things on it. The only thing I've ever recorded with it were background sound effects for a discussion about Africa but it is fun to play.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Has anyone seen my ocarina?

You might ask The Cat Empire -- I thought I heard Harry Angus playing one on their last CD.

[OzMando]

I quite like the (slightly dorky, but in a cool way) recorder solo on their first big release

[Coffeecup]

maybe I should buy an actual sweet potato and poke some holes in it :o


That would be good to take along to the next yam session. You might get to do a duet with a tuber.

[OzMando]

:)) Awesome! Thanks, I needed a laugh :grin:

[jim simpson]

Golden cymbals flying on ocarina sounds,
Before wild medusas serpents gave birth to hell
Disguised as heaven.

from "Those Were The Days" by Cream