| Author | Message | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1023 Registered: 9-2009 |
In honor of our fellow co-puzzler, Woodworm This is not the first trombone | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8504 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is there a physical trombone? Something shaped like a trombone? A paper clip? Any people relevant? H? A? M? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1024 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is there a physical trombone? Something shaped like a trombone? A paper clip? Any people relevant? H? A? M? No to all. And as a double warning, this is a bit silly a very quick one for a certain line of questioning. Let's see | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1577 Registered: 9-2010 |
"Seventy-six trombones" relevant? Is it the second one? Third? (...) Seventy-sixth? (I didn't want to bother typing all the numbers) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8507 Registered: 4-2010 |
LTPF relevant? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1025 Registered: 9-2009 |
"Seventy-six trombones" relevant? No Is it the second one? Yes Third? (...) Seventy-sixth? (I didn't want to bother typing all the numbers) LTPF relevant? No | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2389 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is it the last trombone (Letzte Posaune)? Nouvelle Buisine? You just found my second one, in Level Six? Okies, I jest. Anything to do with orchestral scorings? Would this puzzle work for a sousaphone? A vuvuzela? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2390 Registered: 3-2006 |
Re: your title: anything to do with the sidekick of one of my solutions? Not that I would want to break your heart ... | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1026 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it the last trombone (Letzte Posaune)? Nouvelle Buisine? You just found my second one, in Level Six? Okies, I jest. Anything to do with orchestral scorings? Would this puzzle work for a sousaphone? A vuvuzela? Re: your title: anything to do with the sidekick of one of my solutions? Not that I would want to break your heart ... I'm afraid to say, no to all. What's Level Six? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1028 Registered: 9-2009 |
*** BLOOPER *** Would this puzzle work for a sousaphone? Yes, I guess so, but I am not sure | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8517 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the word "trombone" relevant? The shape of a trombone? A drawing or other depiction of a trombone? | ||
| Firesparx (Firesparx)
New member Username: Firesparx Post Number: 11 Registered: 11-2010 |
Is it anything like saying, "This is not my first rodeo?" | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1029 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the word "trombone" relevant? It will be, later in the puzzle. However the thing that it is a musical intrument is relevant The shape of a trombone? A drawing or other depiction of a trombone? No to the rest Is it anything like saying, "This is not my first rodeo?" No, but nice thinking HINT: This is a sort of a connection-type puzzle, only much shorter and expressed in a 'classical' format | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8537 Registered: 4-2010 |
Any other musical instruments relevant? If so, brass instruments? Instruments that would be found in your average marching band? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1030 Registered: 9-2009 |
Any other musical instruments relevant? Yes If so, brass instruments? Instruments that would be found in your average marching band? No to both | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8539 Registered: 4-2010 |
Instruments: woodwind? String? Percussion? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1031 Registered: 9-2009 |
Instruments: woodwind? String? This one Percussion? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8564 Registered: 4-2010 |
Guitar? Piano? Violin? Viola? Cello? Bass? Double bass? Banjo? Ukulele? | ||
| Firesparx (Firesparx)
New member Username: Firesparx Post Number: 20 Registered: 11-2010 |
Thanks! Does 'first'/'second' have to do with seats/ranking? As in, someone didn't make 'first trombone'? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 288 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is "playing second fiddle" relevant? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1032 Registered: 9-2009 |
Guitar? Piano? Violin? This one Viola? Cello? Bass? Double bass? Banjo? Ukulele? Does 'first'/'second' have to do with seats/ranking? As in, someone didn't make 'first trombone'No to both Is "playing second fiddle" relevant? No, but an idiom like the one above is the key to this puzle, though I think that we have to work a little more for it to become apparent | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8593 Registered: 4-2010 |
"Fit as a fiddle"? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1034 Registered: 9-2009 |
"Fit as a fiddle"? No, no fiddles involved | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8598 Registered: 4-2010 |
Playing the violin relevant? Is a certain type of violin relevant? Stradavarius? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1035 Registered: 9-2009 |
Playing the violin relevant? Yes, no to the rest Is a certain type of violin relevant? Stradavarius? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8606 Registered: 4-2010 |
Playing it exceptionally well? Exceptionally poorly? Playing a certain note relevant? A certain piece? | ||
| Firesparx (Firesparx)
New member Username: Firesparx Post Number: 38 Registered: 11-2010 |
Second string? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1036 Registered: 9-2009 |
Playing it exceptionally well? How well is not relevant, but we might assume a good play No to the rest. Exceptionally poorly? Playing a certain note relevant? A certain piece? Second string? No We are looking for a violin that it is 'second' something. It has to do with playing it. The answer should be a well known expression | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1642 Registered: 9-2010 |
Second fiddle? "playing second fiddle" is an expression... | ||
| Firesparx (Firesparx)
New member Username: Firesparx Post Number: 40 Registered: 11-2010 |
Second-hand? As in, used? Playing a new tune on a used something? Knowing very little about instruments, I have to couch this question in vocal terms--second clef or a step down from the highest? Like a second soprano? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1037 Registered: 9-2009 |
Second fiddle? "playing second fiddle" is an expression... It might be, but it is not the answer Second-hand? As in, used? Playing a new tune on a used something? No to all Knowing very little about instruments, I have to couch this question in vocal terms--second clef or a step down from the highest? Like a second soprano? No instrument knowledge is required. Violin is the only one that matters, and playing this instrument is basically what interests us. A few more basic questions might be of help. We are almost there, since the word violin is part of the expression... | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2409 Registered: 3-2006 |
Not just 'second violin', in a quartet? Or the second violins in an orchestra? Or second position? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1039 Registered: 9-2009 |
Not just 'second violin', in a quartet? Or the second violins in an orchestra? Or second position? No to all, with a tiny ish to the last one | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8992 Registered: 4-2010 |
Second...something? Second string? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1051 Registered: 9-2009 |
Second...something? Yes Second string? But not this | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9012 Registered: 4-2010 |
Second chair? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1052 Registered: 9-2009 |
Second chair? No. HINT: The second something is not a tangible object | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9124 Registered: 4-2010 |
Second wind? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1053 Registered: 9-2009 |
Second wind? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9257 Registered: 4-2010 |
Second day? Second hour? Something to do with time? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1054 Registered: 9-2009 |
Second day? No Second hour? No Something to do with time? In a sense yes, but may mislead | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9269 Registered: 4-2010 |
Second time? Second chance? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1055 Registered: 9-2009 |
Second time? Second chance? No to both. Time is somehow laterally related. I think a RECAP might be usefull, as well as a BLOOPER We are trying to find a certain expression which contains yopishly (that was the blooper) the word 'violin'. The expression is related to second something, which is not a tangible object and which laterally relates to time | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9280 Registered: 4-2010 |
"Fit as a fiddle"? Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1057 Registered: 9-2009 |
"Fit as a fiddle"? No Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle? And the cow jumped over the moon, but this is not relevant HINT #2 (I am not sure if this is usefull): The expression is not in English, but it is a well known one | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9285 Registered: 4-2010 |
Playing a fiddle to a water buffalo? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1062 Registered: 9-2009 |
Playing a fiddle to a water buffalo? No. It is a more common one (I think) and doesn't have a verb.... It's simply a description of activities that for example both you and I have done -- and a lot of others, for sure And the violin is yopishly in the expression itself. No other instrument is relevant. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9303 Registered: 4-2010 |
Language of the idiom - a European language? African? Asian? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1064 Registered: 9-2009 |
Language of the idiom - a European language? Mainly this... African? ...but it is spoken also here Asian? I don't think so It is a French idiom, but I guess it's widespread That should also clear the yope above -- the word violin is in the expression, but in French | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9317 Registered: 4-2010 |
le violon d'ingres? au violon? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1065 Registered: 9-2009 |
le violon d'ingres? Exactly! au violon? ****** SPOILER ****** The "violon d'Ingres" is a common expression for one's second 'profession' or one's hobby. It can be posting on the LTPF itself. It is named of course after the leading French painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. To quote wikipedia directly : "Ingres's well-known passion for playing the violin gave to the French language a colloquialism, "violon d'Ingres", meaning a second skill beyond the one by which a person is mainly known. The American avant-garde artist Man Ray used this expression as the title of a famous photograph portraying Alice Prin (aka Kiki de Montparnasse) in the pose of the Valpinçon Bather." This should also explain the title. The idea of the puzzle came while talking to a friend about Woodworm's 'last trombone' puzzle. Trombone and violon rhymes around here, so a puzzle could be framed. Thanks go to Matt for a quick solve. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9326 Registered: 4-2010 |
Fun puzzle! Glad to hear that this violon d'ingres is spreading. |
