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Pro musician here.

There are so many, but a hurdy gurdy has gotta be up there. Played by someone who knows more than the basics, it sounds like something a medieval king would demand played to relax.

(They’re also among the most expensive instruments out there, as the only makers today are extremely talented individual ones; no big company like Fender or anything makes them. If you see one, you know it was handmade by a master.)

I also love the sound of the Crwth. It’s from Wales, and is sort of like a regional spinoff/precursor to the violin.

Dual-rectified electric guitar.

Strung Out - Bring out Your Dead

Foo Fighters - Everlong

Tool - Forty Six & 2

IDK why, but the hurdy gurdy has a pretty alluring sound, in my opinion. So I'm probably going with either that or acoustic guitar.

Edit:

I really like this song using hurdy gurdy because to me it kinda sounds like a soundtrack piece for some prison action film.

Electric guitar.

Not a single instrument, but I love a horn section, too.

Piano or Violin for solo instruments, but I love a good concerto or symphony.

Drums - pretty much any single by Street Drum Corp

Probably acoustic guitar tbh, I love acoustic covers, but Piano is amazing too, and electric guitar.

Acoustic covers are just so raw and nice to listen to.

Vibraphone and marimba

Very close, steel drum

Piano. Supertramp, "From Now On".

And the sax in that tune is pretty great also.

Trumpet. I think it's cause that's the instrument I first learned music on in elementary school.

Just love a heavy well produced guitar riff. Might be a boring answer but that’s the one for me.

I love a good piano piece.

One of my favorites: https://youtu.be/zucBfXpCA6s

Like as the main or only instrument in a song? Probably Spanish guitar. See "Vamo Alla Flamenco" from Final Fantasy 9. I wanna say Diablo 2 had a good Spanish guitar track too, but no idea what it's called.

Drums in music. I always zero in on the percussion patterns.

Oboe. Anything from the Dream Academy albums would qualify. It has a nice pure sound almost like a vocal.

In second place would be the sitar, or the Hammond Organ if someone is rockin out. The Peddlers, or Fanny would be good examples of excellent Hammond.

Hurdy Gurdy

Saxophone

The hurdy-gurdy is so pleasant to listen too. I love the drone notes it can play.

Roland TB-303. It's the synth that launched so much electronic music. Examples are legion, but one of my favorites is Psychic TV "E-male:" https://youtu.be/o2U3joQ9oFI

Generally considered among the penultimate 303 examples are:

• "Higher State of Consciousness" by Josh Wink (https://youtu.be/NdaqXjDtXkQ)
• "Acperience 1" by Hardfloor (https://youtu.be/Un4CeV_l3pI)

oboe, cello, violin...

Man, I love me some guzheng nowadays.

The Cello, loved it so much that I started learning to play it at around 30.

https://youtu.be/7_8yPpCjK_w

Love me a steel drum. No other instrument can instantly transport you to a beach

Pipe Organ

Piano. Chopin, especially Raindrop.

https://youtu.be/6OFHXmiZP38

If I said guitar, I'd point you to this song, which is actually a piano song performed on guitar. Lately this is the song that makes me feel things.

https://youtu.be/fnymlUUomKI

Yamaha DX7

Piano.

I love the theremin! This is one of my favorite duets.

Bassoon or oboe... Maybe it's the double reed?

Who doesn't enjoy some good theremin

https://youtu.be/9qYndeST4aw

I love a lot of different instruments, but I fell in love with the Erhu after ATLA. Second to that, the orchestral strings like the violin, viola, cello, etc. Scores from Halo and Elder Scrolls franchises.

Finally, the collective vocal cords of choirs.