Characters from Sesame Street and related productions who can play musical instruments.

Baby Bear

• Trumpet, "Between" (Wayne Brady version)
• Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"

Bert

• Bass drum
• Guitar, "I Got a Song"

Big Jeffy

• keyboards (Episode 3898)

Buster the Horse

• Piano ("What's the Name of That Song?")

Cookie Monster

• Bass drum, "Me Going to Munch You, Munch You, Munch You"

Count von Count

• Pipe Organ, Number of the Day segments and several songs
• Guitar, "Blue Suede Shoes (Boylan/Renzi)"
• Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"

Don Music

• Piano, virtually every sketch he appears in

Elmo

• Drum
• Piano, Elmo's World segments
• Violin, Peter and the Wolf
• Trumpet, Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments
• Guitar, "Elmo's Ducks"

Ernie

• Bugle, "Dance Myself to Sleep"
• Clarinet
• Drums
• Piano, "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" pageant
• Saxophone, "Put Down the Duckie"
• Snare drum
• Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"

Forgetful Jones

• Guitar ("Remember, I Love You")

Grover

• Flute
• Guitar
• Güiro (Global Grover: Puerto Rico)
• Taiko drum (Global Grover: Hawaii)

Hoots the Owl

• Saxophone, at Birdland and almost every appearance

Lavender Monotone

• electric guitar (Episode 3898)

Little Chrissy

• Piano, virtually every appearance

Little Jerry

• computer (Episode 3898)

Murray Monster

• Piano, Murray Has a Little Lamb
• Violin

Oscar the Grouch

• Bass
• Trumpet

Ovejita

• Saxophone, Murray Has a Little Lamb

Pancho Contreras

• Cello

Prairie Dawn

• Piano, Sesame Street Pageants and art show segments on Play with Me Sesame

Rosita

• Guitar, Spanish Word of the Day
• Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"

Simon Soundman

• His voice (ability to mimic any sound)

Slimey

• Clarinet, in a sketch with John Candy
• Tuba in Episode 3448

Sully

• Piano

Telly Monster

• Cymbals, "Between" (Wayne Brady version)
• Guitar ("Three Sides Now")
• Triangle
• Tuba Peter and the Wolf
• Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"

Wolfgang the Seal

• Glockenspiel in Episode 4171
• Trumpet ("Antarctica!")

Zoe

• Piano in Episode 3910
• Trombone in Episode 3994.
• Tambourine Sesame Sings Karaoke.

See also

• Muppet Musicians

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