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Question: The moth don't care if you figure out what instrument that is...

inoculatedcities — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:21:50 -0800

What is the instrument heard at 0:46 in Aimee Mann's "The Moth"?

I thought it might be a tack piano, but it has a repetitive staccato quality that is consistent and held out. Elliott Smith (on some Figure 8 songs) and Jon Brion have both employed whatever this instrument is quite a bit too.

By: The World Famous

The World Famous — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:24:50 -0800

Marxophone.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:29:57 -0800

Maybe a mandocello?

By: mandymanwasregistered

mandymanwasregistered — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:31:41 -0800

marxophones are pretty sweet.

By: inoculatedcities

inoculatedcities — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:35:58 -0800

Well, that didn't take long. Thanks The World Famous!

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:51:24 -0800

Yeah, I concur. It also pops up in Magnetic Fields' "The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be" and the Doors' "Whiskey Bar."

Hi, inoc! You can hear me playing my Marxophone over at MeFi music on this cover of Nick Lowe's "I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock'n'Roll."