Brain Game: Filling Station #7

Wednesday Wordplay is the challenge for today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game. Today, the seventh entry in our popular new Filling Station puzzle series. Enjoy!

Each of the following 5 entries can be turned into an English word by adding the letters from the name of a musical instrument - in the order it's spelled - into the blanks provided. An example appears below to get you started.

example:  _ _ E _ _ _ O solution:  ORGAN ( O R E G A N O ) 1.   _ _ R _ _ N 2.   _ _ _ _ A T _ O _ 3.   _ H _ L _ _ T H R _ P Y 4.   _ _ _ _ O O N 5.   _ _ S _ L E T _

Here are the SOLUTIONS.

THE SOLUTIONS:

1.   TUBA = T U R B A N
2.   VIOLIN = V I O L A T I O N
3.   PIANO = P H I L A N T H R O P Y
4.   HARP = H A R P O O N
5.   OBOE = O B S O L E T E

Thanks for playing. Tomorrow at the mentalfloss.com Brain Game: Think Thursday!