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Hobgoblin offers you a unique range of unusual and exciting acoustic and folk instruments from all over the world at great prices. Every item has been chosen to give the best quality at each price level. So give us a call, buy here online, or visit one of our music shops, and we’ll do our best to help you find the instrument you want. You pay the same price whether you buy online or in our shops, we don't add charges for paying by card.
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Accordions , Amps , Autoharps , Bagpipes , Banjos , Basses , Bodhrans , Bongos , Bouzoukis , Cajons . Citterns , Clarinets , Concertinas , Darabukas , Dulcimers , Drum Kits , Erhus , Flutes , Fiddles , Glockenspiels , Guitars , Harmonicas , Harps , Harmoniums , Indian Drums , Jaws Harps , Keyboards , Kalimbas , Lutes , Mandolins , Melodeons , Northumbrian Pipes , Ocarinas , Piccolos , Psalteries , Quenas , Recorders , Saxophones , Shawms , Strumsticks , Sitars , Tambourines , Thumb Pianos , Ukuleles , Udus , Uds , Violas , Vihuelas , Whistles , Xylophones , Xaphoons , Yang Qins , Zithers
Accordions , Amps , Autoharps , Bagpipes , Banjos , Basses , Bodhrans , Bongos , Bouzoukis , Cajons . Citterns , Clarinets , Concertinas , Darabukas , Dulcimers , Drum Kits , Erhus , Flutes , Fiddles , Glockenspiels , Guitars , Harmonicas , Harps , Harmoniums , Indian Drums , Jaws Harps , Keyboards , Kalimbas , Lutes , Mandolins , Melodeons , Northumbrian Pipes , Ocarinas , Piccolos , Psalteries , Quenas , Recorders , Saxophones , Shawms , Strumsticks , Sitars , Tambourines , Thumb Pianos , Ukuleles , Udus , Uds , Violas , Vihuelas , Whistles , Xylophones , Xaphoons , Yang Qins , Zithers
.. and many more instruments, accessories and books for them, lessons, repairs and more.
* To give beginners a chance to take up a folk instrument, as well as to provide the best for those who already play.
* To encourage people to discover and enjoy their own musical heritage & all types of folk music now played in these islands.
* To help keep music live, by making real acoustic instruments widely available at affordable prices, and sponsoring live events.
* To encourage people to make music themselves, by taking up a musical instrument. You are never too young or too old to start! Read our Aims in Full
* To encourage people to discover and enjoy their own musical heritage & all types of folk music now played in these islands.
* To help keep music live, by making real acoustic instruments widely available at affordable prices, and sponsoring live events.
* To encourage people to make music themselves, by taking up a musical instrument. You are never too young or too old to start! Read our Aims in Full
Hobgoblin Music was founded in 1976 by Mannie and Pete McClelland while searching for a concertina for her to play. Many other interesting instruments came to light and the search grew into a business as they discovered they were not the only ones who wanted to buy folk instruments, but couldn’t find any. read more...
Bristol Hobgoblin launch STRING CLUB: Free strings!
Now at Hobgoblin Bristol - String Club. For people who wish they had loyalty cards for something other than coffee and burritos! ...read the full story
Now at Hobgoblin Bristol - String Club. For people who wish they had loyalty cards for something other than coffee and burritos! ...read the full story
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TIPLE
Definition: in Spain, Colombia, Puerto Rico, etc., a small type of guitar; 12 metal strings in four courses. Also refers to treble pitched (F) double reeded woodwind instruments in catalunya. (Tiple means treble in Spanish, and is therefore applied to various types of instrument)
Introduction: The Tiple is like a ukelele but with double strings top and bottom, and triple strings on the middle 2 courses.
Read the full Other Fretted Instruments FAQ Page.





































