Muppet musicians

Characters from The Muppet Show and related productions who can play musical instruments. For the actual musicians who performed behind the scenes, see Musicians for Muppets.

Angel Marie

• Guitar[cite]

Animal

• Percussion

Beaker

• Bass — The Muppet Show, Muppets Tonight[cite]
• Guitar — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Percussion — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Piano — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Saxophone — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Trumpet — The Muppet Show[cite]

Beautiful Day Monster

• Trumpet — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Tuba — The Muppet Show[cite]

Beauregard

• Harmonica — The Muppet Show episode 322

Bobby Benson

as unnamed Whatnot

• Trumpet — The Muppet Show episode 215, episode 218
• Banjo — The Muppet Show episode 302
• Guitar — The Muppet Show [cite]

Bubba

• Jug
• Guitar

Bunsen Honeydew

• Washboard — Muppets Tonight[cite]

Chickens

• Trumpet — one chicken, The Muppet Show episode 308
• see also Musical chickens

Clifford

• Bass[cite]
• Guitar — The Jim Henson Hour[cite]
• Percussion — The Muppets at Walt Disney World

Crazy Harry

• Explodaphone — The Muppet Show episode 306
• Triangle Bell — The Muppet Show season 1 opening, seasons 1-2 closing

Doglion

• Piano — The Muppet Show[cite]

Droop

• Trumpet — The Muppet Show[cite]

Dr. Teeth

• Keyboards/organ/piano
• Tambourine — The Muppet Show[cite]

Eugene

• Tuba — It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Floyd Pepper

• Accordion — The Muppets Take Manhattan
• Banjo — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Bass Guitar
• Bongos — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Fiddle — Muppets Tonight[cite]
• Upright Bass — The Muppet Show, The Muppet Christmas Carol
• Vibraphone — The Muppet Show[cite]

Frank

• Bass

Fozzie Bear

• Piano — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Ukulele — The Muppet Show,[cite] The Muppet Movie

Gonzo

• Bagpipes — The Muppet Show episode 217
• Guitar — It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie ("Everyone Matters")
• Saxophone — The Jim Henson Hour[cite]
• Trumpet — Gonzo's Muppet Show openings
• Ukulele — The Muppet Show episode 405 ("Act Naturally")
• Violin — The Muppet Show[cite]

Gorgon Heap

• Drums — The Muppet Show episode 318

Gramps

• Violin[cite]

Janice

• Banjo — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Harp — It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
• Lead Guitar
• Steel Marimbaphone — The Muppets Take Manhattan
• Tambourine[cite]
• Trombone — The Muppet Christmas Carol
• Trumpet — The Muppet Show[cite]

Jerry

• Guitar

Jim

• Banjo

Kermit the Frog

• Banjo — The Muppet Movie
• Guitar — She Drives Me Crazy
• Lute — Tales of the Tinkerdee
• Piano — The Ed Sullivan Show, Dancing with the Stars
• Trumpet The Muppet Show[cite]
• Ukulele — The Muppet Show episode 215 ("Ukulele Lady")

Link Hogthrob

• Trumpet — The Jim Henson Hour[cite]

Lips

• Trumpet
• Harmonica — The Muppets Episode 115: Generally Inhospitable

Lubbock Lou

• Mouth Harp

Mahna Mahna

• Bell — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Banjo — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Drums — The Ed Sullivan Show

Mildred

• Piano — The Muppets Valentine Show

Miss Piggy

• Trumpet — The Muppet Show episode 123
• Kazoo — The Muppet Show episode 123

Mr. Poodlepants

• Piano[cite]

Mutation

• Banjo — The Muppet Show[cite]

Nigel

• Maracas — The Muppet Show episode 123
• Clarinet — The Muppet Show[cite]

Rizzo the Rat

• Guitar — Muppets Tonight[cite]
• Harmonica — Muppetisms
• Percussion — The Muppet Show[cite]

Robin the Frog

• Banjo — Children's Songs and Stories (cover photo)

Rowlf the Dog

• Accordion — Muppets Most Wanted
• Banjo — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Bongos — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Harmonica — The Muppet Movie
• Harp — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Piano — main instrument, various; see also Rowlf at the Piano
• Pipe Organ — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Synthesizer — From the Balcony
• Trombone — The Jimmy Dean Show[cite]
• Violin — The Jimmy Dean Show[cite]
• Ukulele — The Jimmy Dean Show[cite]

Scooter

• Flute — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Guitar — The Muppet Show episode 417
• Lute — The Muppet Show episode 323
• Tambourine — The Muppet Movie
• Piano — The Muppet Show[cite]

Shakey Sanchez

• Drums — The Muppet Show[cite]

Slim Wilson

• Guitar

The Swedish Chef

• Accordion — The Muppet Show[cite]

Sweetums

• Trombone — The Muppet Show[cite]

Tatooey Rat

• Percussion — The Muppets Take Manhattan

Trumpet Girl

• Trumpet — The Muppet Show seasons 1-4
• Trombone — The Muppet Show seasons 4-5

Zeke

• Banjo — main instrument; The Muppet Show, The Great Muppet Caper
• Marimba — The Muppet Show episode 523
• Slide Guitar — The Muppet Show[cite]

Zoot

• Clarinet — The Muppet Show, The Muppet Christmas Carol
• Flute — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Saxophone
• Tambourine — The Muppet Show[cite]
• Tuba — The Muppets Take Manhattan
• Violin — The Muppet Christmas Carol

See also

• Sesame Street Musicians
• Fraggle Rock Musicians
• Muppet Bands