KEY WEST — Making music with a conch (pronounced "konk") shell might seem unusual, but several dozen people tried it during the weekend's annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys.

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WASHINGTON -- A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument -- and it still works, producing a deep, plaintive bleat, like a foghorn ...