http://caribem.hubpages.com/hub/Worlds-Oldest-Musical-Instruments

You found an older instrument than #12! Hard to believe.     I bet those ancient instruments don't have the mojo or stories of ol' #12!  I played it at the Chicago gathering a few years ago and it sounds & plays just beautiful!

That was a fun article.  By coincidence today I was looking at old instruments and came across a video of the only playable Stradivari guitar.  http://vimeo.com/42469151