Spot the Frippet: lute.

 You might possibly have a picture of a lute about the place:

painting by Bernardo Strozzi 1581 - 1644

though you're unlikely to have a real one:

lute by Sixtus Rauchwolff, 1590s

But still, there are lots of lutes you can listen to on YouTube (this very short introduction to the lute is completely charming):

But did you know that there may well be lute in your house - and perhaps some in your mouth?

One kind of lute is a mixture of cement and clay used to fix the joints between pipes; and the other kind is the cement used to stick crowns or veneers onto broken teeth.

There, you see? Closer than you thought.

Spot the Frippet: lute. The musical instrument word comes from the Old French lut, and before that it came through Provençal from the Arabic al'ūd, which means the wood. The cement word also comes from the Old French, but from the Latin lutum, clay.