Well why the heck not! I was in on a session recently where there was a cello and a double bass - possibly the two most unsociable session instruments after the trombone, but it was good to have something a bit more bassy. I find some sessions go higher and higher up the scales and if you want to join in you need a dog whistle! Something good and solid on the bottom helps bring a tune down to sensible auditory levels and can provide an interesting rhythmn too.

There were some spoons there too.... very badly tuned, but then, spoons cadged from the table of fellow diners are rarely chosen for their musicality, rather their ability to hold generous portions of chocolate fudge cake (they were good for that too).

I promise I won't do it again.... the handles were so badly shaped that I got a blister after only 15 minutes playing.

LTS