Cross posted.

A friend of mine and I were walking down the hall in the music building at the U. of W. one day, and we ran into this guy who was on his way to one of the rehearsal rooms to join some other people who were in there practicing some Early Music. He was carrying a weird, curved instrument of some kind. My friend stopped him and asked, "What kind of an instrument is that?"

The guy growled, "It's a crumhorn! And no smart remarks!"

Then he pushed open the door and vanished into the rehearsal room.

Don Firth