[Rumil]

Hi Esty,

From The Man in the Moon stayed up too late-

The ostler has a tipsy cat that plays a five-stringed fiddle

From The Sea Bell-

I heard a sea bell swing in the swell

pipes, voices, horns on the hill

From The Last Ship-

Flutes there were and harps were wrung,
and there was sound of singing,
like wind-voices keen and young
and far bells ringing

with harp in hand they sang their song

In Elvenhome a clear bell
in the high tower is shaking

So the first two were allegedly written by Bilbo and Frodo respectively, showing that the hobbits were aware of bells, fiddles, pipes and horns. The Last Ship was likely Gondorian, mentioning flutes, harps and bells in association with the elves.

I guess we have seen most of these except the bells with the Dwarves at Bag End.

I am however intrigued by the elvish pipes, most likely they were pan-pipes or flutes of some sort, but could they just possibly be bagpipes??!!

I'm sorely tempted by -

"I'll take the straight road and you take the curved road and I'll get to Valinor before you."

Many apologies,

Rumil