Each of four of the five friends lived near one of the others. It is known that:
- The one who played the flute lived next door to Eskum.
- Epum lived adjacent to the one who played the lyre, who was not Eskum.
- Evum, who did not play the drum, did not live near the one who played the flute.
- The one who played the horn and the one who played the flute, who was not Ekum, were neighbors.
- Ekum did not play the gourd or the drum.