I thought I was just buying some ribbed (for her pleasure?) bent pieces of metal but then I looked closer at the boxes and realized I had purchased over 1 000 TROMBONES! Move over Harry Hill there is a new Music Man in town! While I am admittedly having trouble getting them to emanate any sound whatsoever I am driven to keep trying. In the meantime they work pretty well at keeping pieces of paper together! ...76 trombones led the big parade....