My post of 27th Oct was looking from a General Entertainment viewpoint , NOT from a purely Traditional Folk viewpoint . I can sing and play Guitar , Banjo and Mandolin and Whistle - The Guy I do most of my work with can also sing , and play Guitar , Accordion , and basic Hurdy Gurdy . When we are in Trio Mode we can have a Violin / Mandolin / Whistle/ keyboard . or Violin/Melodeon/Recorder . This gives us an almost infinite variety of sound ! Hence my Three Times as good comment . We also do Acapella songs on occasion `!