1) If I remember this correct bards can only learn moon magic (check the manual to be sure though, it´s also on CD1)
2) You can´t equip instruments. Try the use/give option, select use and scroll to your pipes in this case. Then click on the target.
3) Some people in here has said that the time moves faster when you´re inside a dungeon. You can try that. Otherwise you´ll have to wait some 45mins.
Hope this helps and Happy Gaming!
