These are the solutions to the Ascii Picture Quiz 3 which appeared in a recent issue of The h2g2 Post. Follow the links to see the original pictures.

Picture 1

I'm going to be strict here. George Formby is playing the banjo ukulele, also known as the Banjolele. Turned out nice again!

Picture 2

An unusual angle, but you might have spotted the saxophone of the jazz legend John Coltrane.

Picture 3

Could it be anything other than the harmonica? This virtuoso performer is the great Larry Adler. Did you know that Ralph Vaughan Williams once composed music for him?

Picture 4

That bowler hat is a dead giveaway for clarinet player and band leader Acker Bilk. His real name is Bernard; Acker is Somerset slang for 'mate'.

Picture 5

Did you spot the incredibly elastic cheeks of Dizzy Gillespie, playing the trumpet, or as they often call it, the horn?

Picture 6

Phil Collins of Genesis loves to bang a few drums, but it's not really him in the gorilla suit in that Cadbury's ad.

Picture 7

Her dad taught the Beatles how to play. This is Ravi's daughter Anoushka Shankar with her sitar. This one's full size, but when she was young she had a baby sitar.

Picture 8

Jimi Hendrix up to his usual tricks, supposedly playing the guitar with his tongue. Is that what they call a guitar lick?

Picture 9

He's playing all the right notes... but not necessarily in the right order. It's Andre Previn at the piano on The Morecambe and Wise Show .

Picture 10

It's Rolf Harris extracting some otherworldly noises from his trusty didgeridoo. Sun arise... come with the dawning.. spreading all the light all around.

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