General Riddles

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

The anagram of this phrase is an instrument used in the orchestra. What is it? A bliss nectar
Bass clarinet

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

If 0=4, 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5 and 9=4, find the value of 10, 11 and 12.
10=3, 11=6, 12=6. Explanation: Number of letters in the spelling of each figure.

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

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