Week 2026-W40 · September 28 – October 4, 2026
Strike Up The Band
Six puzzles hid a thread and Sunday pulled it. Here are all seven answers for the week, with how the field did on each. Spoilers throughout — this page doesn't hide anything.
The week in full
A grand keyboard fixture with rows of pipes and foot pedals, commonly built into churches and cathedrals.
A simple brass horn without valves, used to sound military calls such as reveille and taps.
A bowed stringed piece slightly larger than a violin and tuned a fifth lower.
A plucked stringed piece with a round drum-like body and a long fretted neck, common in bluegrass and folk playing.
A large bowed string played by a seated performer with the body held between the knees.
A slender woodwind tube blown across a side hole to produce clear, high tones.
A large keyboard with 88 black and white keys that trigger felt hammers striking tuned strings.