I never try to justify the acquistion of musical instruments. No doubt they are like mermaids to sailers. I propose that God taught man to reproduce heavenly sounds by using common earthly goods of his creation. It gives us mortals great pleasure to play the music of angels (well, it may not sound too good to us, but God appreciates both the sound and the effort). I figure just having them around to look at, brings us closer to our Maker. So, we buy them, trade for them or heaven forbid, steal them. All of this is an effort to get closer to God. Now then, to pick them up and play them somehow makes us divine. As our old friend John Denver would say - "Far Out!" I've never used this excuse, but it a spirtual answer to a difficult question. Jim