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Lenglon

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Re: What Am I
« Reply #795 on: August 20, 2020, 05:25:38 am »
Quote from: A_Curious_Cat on August 20, 2020, 02:09:14 am
Is it a tuba?

Edit:  just reread the quote from Coalboat's post.
Wikipedia says the tuba was developed in 1835

Is it a trumpet?
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Quote from: Parisbre56 on February 18, 2013, 03:33:15 pm
((I don't think heating something that is right above us to a ridiculous degree is very smart. Worst case scenario we become +metal statues+. This is a finely crafted metal statue. It is encrusted with sharkmist and HMRC. On the item is an image of HMRC and Pancaek. Pancaek is laughing. The HMRC is melting. The artwork relates to the encasing of the HMRC in metal by Pancaek during the Mission of Many People.))

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Re: What Am I
« Reply #796 on: August 20, 2020, 07:21:53 am »
Instrument with a bit of cloth...

I guess trumpet could be - like a tabard hanging from it.

Is it a brass instrument if not a trumpet?
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Re: What Am I
« Reply #797 on: August 20, 2020, 07:28:19 am »
Fascinatingly, "trumpet" is from the source of "drum" and not Latin, so the Romans could not possibly have had anything by the same name.
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Re: What Am I
« Reply #798 on: August 20, 2020, 07:31:47 am »
Perhaps not by the same name - but it would have been present. Which is more in spirit of the answer, rather than the letter of it.
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Re: What Am I
« Reply #799 on: August 20, 2020, 07:36:33 am »
Quote from: delphonso on August 20, 2020, 07:31:47 am
Perhaps not by the same name - but it would have been present. Which is more in spirit of the answer, rather than the letter of it.
He clearly specified (a different object with) the same name, though. Having something similar with a different name is essentially the exact opposite of that.
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Re: What Am I
« Reply #800 on: August 20, 2020, 08:05:49 am »
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Re: What Am I
« Reply #801 on: August 20, 2020, 08:19:27 am »
Quote from: coalboat on August 20, 2020, 08:05:49 am
Quote from: Superdorf on August 19, 2020, 11:44:40 pm
Quote from: IronyOwl on August 19, 2020, 10:52:58 pm
Is it a string instrument?
No.

Quote from: Superdorf on August 20, 2020, 12:49:32 am
Quote from: IronyOwl on August 20, 2020, 12:49:15 am
Wind instrument?
No.

Quote from: Superdorf on August 20, 2020, 01:06:39 am
Quote from: IronyOwl on August 20, 2020, 01:00:59 am
Percussion instrument?
No.

????
There are other categories. Delphonso mentioned brass, which are sometimes considered wind, but wind usually just means woodwinds (reed instruments) in my experience. Juries are also divided as to whether the piano family count as percussion instruments, or wtf an organ even is!
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Re: What Am I
« Reply #802 on: August 20, 2020, 08:43:06 am »
Is it a keyboard instrument? ((Or is this partly string?))
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Re: What Am I
« Reply #803 on: August 20, 2020, 09:42:38 am »
Quote from: Lenglon on August 20, 2020, 05:25:38 am
Quote from: A_Curious_Cat on August 20, 2020, 02:09:14 am
Is it a tuba?

Edit:  just reread the quote from Coalboat's post.
Wikipedia says the tuba was developed in 1835

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Quote from: coalboat on August 19, 2020, 10:04:48 pm
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solid in room temperature
fits in a 5 ft cube
composed of more than one element, containing metal, also a bit of cloth, while the cloth is not essential, not containing glass
something with the same name existed in Roman times, but was quite different
suffers a bit of damage when being dropped from 3m/10ft height
is used for a group/someone else
NOT for transportation/medical/edible/magnetic/household appliance/container/seating/protective/door/decorative/electronic/sport/weapon/furniture/communication
a discrete item
clunky to move, but not larger than human
no sharp edge or point
no used to alter other things
has moving parts
denser than water if compressed

Mysterious!

my question: Is it possible to carefully drop it into water and let it float freely?
(emphasis added)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_tuba
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Re: What Am I
« Reply #804 on: August 20, 2020, 10:20:34 am »
Good point
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Quote from: Parisbre56 on February 18, 2013, 03:33:15 pm
((I don't think heating something that is right above us to a ridiculous degree is very smart. Worst case scenario we become +metal statues+. This is a finely crafted metal statue. It is encrusted with sharkmist and HMRC. On the item is an image of HMRC and Pancaek. Pancaek is laughing. The HMRC is melting. The artwork relates to the encasing of the HMRC in metal by Pancaek during the Mission of Many People.))

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Re: What Am I
« Reply #805 on: August 20, 2020, 10:33:28 am »
Quote from: A_Curious_Cat on August 20, 2020, 02:09:14 am
Is it a tuba?
We have a winner, folks! :)

Lenglon's turn now, yes?
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Re: What Am I
« Reply #806 on: August 20, 2020, 10:39:44 am »
Winner was Curious Cat. so it's their turn. I'll get another one later.
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Quote from: Parisbre56 on February 18, 2013, 03:33:15 pm
((I don't think heating something that is right above us to a ridiculous degree is very smart. Worst case scenario we become +metal statues+. This is a finely crafted metal statue. It is encrusted with sharkmist and HMRC. On the item is an image of HMRC and Pancaek. Pancaek is laughing. The HMRC is melting. The artwork relates to the encasing of the HMRC in metal by Pancaek during the Mission of Many People.))

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Re: What Am I
« Reply #807 on: August 20, 2020, 10:40:08 am »
I vote we have Lengion and A_Curious_Cat fight for it.
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Re: What Am I
« Reply #808 on: August 20, 2020, 11:17:27 am »
OK.  Here we go...

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Quote from: Jim Groovester on March 31, 2023, 04:39:41 pm
Really hoping somebody puts this in their signature.

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Re: What Am I
« Reply #809 on: August 20, 2020, 11:46:37 am »
Is it alive?
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