Alas.
As some of you may have discovered (but not reported, shame) despite saying they required a hammer or mallet, pini elipons were not actually requiring them to be played. This has now been fixed.
While I would love to give you guys a new, wonderful alternative to zills, it doesn't make sense for the pini elipon -- which will continue to be rare as the only general worn instrument instead.
This is live in all game instances.
~Evike
Twitter: @EvikeDR