ethereal instrument

a good bard should never be seen without his instrument. you summon an instrument you have proficiency for in your hands. the instrument will have a slightly transparent look and the color slowly shifts between a light blue and a light purple as a default however the caster can change it. the instrument will pass through all object or creature except for the caster. if the caster puts the instrument down or throws it then the instrument semi physical in the sense that although it can interact with objects it imparts no force, it passes through creatures, it cannot interact with any moving object or mechanisms, and it cannot be broken. if the instrument has not been in contact with the caster for any longer than 1 minute then the instrument fades out of existence, however the caster can recall the instrument in which case the instrument fades away and reappears in the casters hands. when the caster casts this spell they can change the attributes of the instrument such as tune it, make it look poorly made or of high quality, give a slight reverb effect, make it look solid and appear to be made out of any material the caster knows of, and change the general shape as needed, however it defaults to being custom fit to the caster. if the object is left inside of an object then it is held in lace in the object and incapable of moving and being touched by any object except for the object it is placed in or the caster.

if this spell is cast as a ritual it requires 10 minutes and you are able to make the instrument physical, however the instrument will always appear on an unoccupied surface or in an unoccupied space within ten feet of you if the instrument leaves 50 feet of you, and cannot be moved if not in the hands of the caster (still affected by gravity). when the ritual is cast you can target a willing creature and grant the instrument to the creature which treats the target as the caster of the spell, the ritual fails and the spell is wasted if the target is unaware of the spell. you cannot dispel the instrument that someone else has and you can only create three instruments with this spell.