Songs and Instruments Merchants

Boxes of whittled wooden instruments at his feet, a brightly-clothed half-orc plays proudly on his bagpipes in the center of a crowded market. Though he knows his business isn’t presently booming, he takes comfort that, at the very least, none in the market can possibly ignore him.   Sitting in a surprisingly cheerful store, a graceful drow carefully strings a lyre with treated spider silk. Though the silk no longer adheres forcefully to what it touches, it is no less durable, making it ideal for its purpose. The drow slowly plucks the lyre’s new strings, filling her shop with a beautiful, mournful tune.   Whether they are bards or craftspersons, merchants of this specialty deal in musical instruments and written songs for musicians. Some of these merchants specialize in selling one particular type of family of instruments or genre of written song, usually one of cultural significance to the merchant and their people.  

Items for Sale

Tier	Item	Price	Notes
0	Sheet music, terrible	1 cp	Discordant, has 11/8 time signature for some reason
0	Thelarr or whistlecane	1 cp	Instrument; incredibly simple, cut from a single reed
0	Bell	1 gp	—
0	Drum or hand drum	6 gp	Instrument; leather hide over a wooden frame
0	Horn or longhorn	3 gp	Instrument; good for playing a few very loud notes
0	Ink pen	2 cp	—
0	Ink, bottle	10 gp / oz.	—
0	Paper	2 sp / sheet	—
0	Shawm	2 gp	Instrument; a long, reeded woodwind with fingerholes
0	Sheet music, derivative	5 cp	Has a popular song’s name crossed out and re-titled
0	Chalumeau	15 gp	Instrument; a reeded woodwind, functional design
0	Cymbals	20 gp / set	Instrument; a set of two metal discs, with straps
0	Flute or songhorn	2 gp	Instrument; a reedless woodwind of metal or wood
0	Pan flute or birdpipes	12 gp	Instrument; joined wooden pipes of different lengths
0	Strings	4 cp / ea.	Good for restringing a string instrument
0	Timbrel or tantan	13 gp	Instrument; a wooden hoop with metal discs in it
0	Tocken	8 gp	Instrument; bells favored by underground cultures
0	Wargong	10 gp	Instrument; a large, hanging metal disc, often a shield
1	Adufe	10 gp	Instrument; a boxlike, rattling frame drum
1	Bagpipes	30 gp	Instrument; a bag for air with protruding pipes
1	Dulcimer	25 gp	Instrument; flat, with strings plucked, bowed, or struck
1	Glaur	30 gp	Instrument; a curved, valved, brass horn
1	Glockenspiel	35 gp	Instrument; metal bars struck with mallets
1	Gloon	30 gp	Instrument; a mournful, valve-less, curved horn
1	Grand piano	500 gp	Instrument; too big to be easily moved
1	Harpsichord	350 gp	Instrument; too big to be easily moved
1	Lute or yarting	35 gp	Instrument; with plucked strings and a long neck
1	Lyre	30 gp	Instrument; small, hand-held, and harp-like
1	Rebab	32 gp	Instrument; very long and narrow, with bowed strings
1	Sheet music, catchy	5 sp	You sometimes find yourself humming snatches of it
1	Sheet music, classic	5 gp	A song everyone knows, and many sing along with
1	Sheet music, inspired	50 gp	A new song, exciting and destined for greatness
1	Viol	30 gp	Instrument; bowed, fretted, with a hollow body
1	Zulkoon	50 gp	Instrument; a complex and sinister-sounding organ
2	Harp, exotic wood	750 gp	Instrument; carved and inlaid with ivory and zircon gems