1) True, I'm just lazy.
2) Called $$$$......good instruments are expensive. Hauling instruments gets to be a pain, esp at Period Gigs where motorized vehicles are not allowed.....there is a limit to how much I can/will schlep a mile from the parking lot.
3) OK, my bad. You right. I have this guitar player who, when I get out the dulcimer always asks "What key are you in?" I fret and strum the 3rd fret and say "That one." Sometimes he says it's G, sometimes D.......modal really confuses him. Most of the players I have met simply do NOT understand modal, nor do they speak dulcimer......