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22 Sep 07 - 05:27 AM (#2154805) Subject: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Phot While passing a few spare moments yesterday, I came accross what may possibly be the worlds most expensive musical instrument......a singing Formula 1 car!! I kid you not!! By altering the revs of the engine the Renault team car, it produces a full range of notes from the exhaust. It can sing the British, French, and Spanish national Anthems, and We are the champions by Queen, what will they think of next?! Just go to Google video, type in "Renault f1 singing" and there it is, I tried making a link but failed, maybe someone else can have a go. Wassail!! Chris |
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22 Sep 07 - 06:26 AM (#2154818) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Betsy How about Bill Gate's cock ????? |
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22 Sep 07 - 06:27 AM (#2154820) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Mooh Or stupidest. More reasons to dislike (okay, hate) motor sports, besides the waste, consumption, noise, pollution...oh, never mind. Peace (and quiet), Mooh. |
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22 Sep 07 - 08:14 AM (#2154838) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Kevin Rietmann How 'bout The Great Stalacpipe Organ? Definitely the biggest. |
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22 Sep 07 - 11:25 AM (#2154940) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: GUEST,leeneia How much does the car cost? Because I toured a new pipe organ in Lincoln Nebraksa that cost $1,000,000 or $2,000,000 - I forget which. The organ was a joint venture between the classical music community and the religious community of Lincoln. |
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22 Sep 07 - 11:56 AM (#2154960) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: GUEST,jim What would a strad cost? |
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22 Sep 07 - 12:15 PM (#2154970) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: The Borchester Echo An instrument actually made by Antonio Stradivari would set you back $3 million or so, not that one is likely to appear just like that on the market. I have a late C19 German copy. I actually think it might be cheaper to look out for the real thing because of the rate at which mine eats up Dominant strings. |
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22 Sep 07 - 03:58 PM (#2155070) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Deckman My first wife! |
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22 Sep 07 - 04:52 PM (#2155128) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Phot An F1 car costs around £7,000,000, engines are around £1,000,000 each, mad isn't it! Wassail!! Chris |
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22 Sep 07 - 09:46 PM (#2155372) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Rowan "Money! It's only money!" says one who would be happy to have someone respond kindly to me asking Oliver Twist's question. And, while life can be cheap in some quarters, I did wonder if there had ever been an instrument which was known to have cost lives. I can't recall one just yet but I'm sure there'll be 'catters who'll have such info at their fingertips. Cheers, Rowan |
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23 Sep 07 - 12:47 AM (#2155442) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: The Fooles Troupe Cost Lives? They use cannons in the 1812 Overture... :-) |
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23 Sep 07 - 03:12 AM (#2155475) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Dave Hanson Bill Monroes Gibson mandolin sold for $1.25 million, not bad considering how battered it is. eric |
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23 Sep 07 - 08:17 AM (#2155547) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: terrier The most expensive instrument is the one you really would love to own, but just can't afford it! |
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23 Sep 07 - 01:41 PM (#2155735) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: GUEST,Jim Rowan asked,"I did wonder if there had ever been an instrument which was known to have cost lives. I can't recall one just yet but I'm sure there'll be 'catters who'll have such info at their fingertips." I recall reading in Sing Out! during the sixties about a fellow who had been electrocuted in an English pub while playing an electric guitar. The tag line was,"He who lives by the sword..." |
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23 Sep 07 - 03:03 PM (#2155788) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: terrier The talking harp in many a folk tale made from the bones and hair of the murdered maiden comes pretty damn close! |
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24 Sep 07 - 02:06 AM (#2156068) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Ernest @ Betsy: I doubt that, because: Bill G.`s would of course be microsoft. |
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24 Sep 07 - 02:53 AM (#2156080) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Herga Kitty Just what you want to hear early in the morning.... singing renault Kitty |
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24 Sep 07 - 07:05 AM (#2156178) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Betsy @ Ernest , some might say it would Excel as a Power Point if properly Accessed. |
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24 Sep 07 - 07:52 AM (#2156188) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Ernest @ Betsy: I suppose it would cause a shutdown on the system it tries to connect to every time the popup-window with the words "Do you really want to ... now?" would appear. |
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24 Sep 07 - 04:19 PM (#2156533) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: GLoux From: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12824291/ Stradivarius violin auctioned for $3.54 mil 300-year-old violin shatters record for amount paid for an instrument Updated: 9:48 p.m. ET May 16, 2006 NEW YORK - A nearly 300-year-old Stradivarius violin sold Tuesday for more than $3.5 million, shattering the record for the highest amount paid for a musical instrument at auction, Christie's said. The instrument, made in 1707 by Italian violinmaker Antonio Stradivari, sold at Christie's auction house for $3,544,000 after less than five minutes of bidding. The winning bid, which included the house쳌fs commission, broke a record of $2,032,000 paid for another Stradivarius at Christie쳌fs in April 2005, the auction house said. The new owner bought the violin anonymously via telephone. Kerry K. Keane, who heads Christie's department of musical instruments and was the bidder's proxy, described him as "a gentleman who is international" and a "benefactor and patron of the arts" who loves classical music. The violin, which had been expected to sell for $1.5 million to $2.5 million, will probably be heard soon on stages worldwide, Keane said, declining to elaborate. The violin쳌fs former owner, who also wanted to remain anonymous, bought it privately in 1992 from an estate, Keane said, and loaned it to violinists including Kyoko Takezawa, an orchestral soloist, recitalist and recording artist who has performed with many of the world쳌fs top orchestras. The violin, made in Cremona, Italy, is considered a product of Stradivari쳌fs golden period. Musicians and collectors covet the violins he made from 1700 to 1720 because of their beauty and superior sound, Christie쳌fs said. A violinist and teacher brought the violin to the United States in 1911. Since then it has had various owners. It is named The Hammer for Christian Hammer, a 19th-century Swedish collector. |
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24 Sep 07 - 08:16 PM (#2156693) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: GUEST,ibo eddie murphys organ,it will end up costing him a small fortune |
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24 Sep 07 - 08:30 PM (#2156704) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: The Fooles Troupe I have heard that the Pipe Organ at West Point Academy must be very expensive - something about having another new rank of pipes donated when rich benefactors die. Apparently only one other pipe organ rivals it - one which was installed in a Department Store - dunno if it is still extant. |
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25 Sep 07 - 04:31 AM (#2156881) Subject: RE: Worlds most expensive instrument? From: Big Al Whittle If you got into an altercation and just happened to grab a Yamaha guitar to bludgeon somebody to death with, it would have been an expensive instrument. That (entry level) Yamaha guitar would have cost you your freedom - if you'd got caught. Similarly if George Bush was going to countermand the order to attack Iran, and reached for his mobile phone - but it was dark and he picked up a kazoo instead - that also might be considered an expensive instrument, in the circumstances. |