I suppose that's one of the few plusses about dying. You don't have to worry about stuff like that any more, or anything else really - not when you're dead.

Why not leave your instruments to a shop like hobgoblin - frequented by folkies and ask them to make a small donation to a charity of your choice. Or maybe ask a fellow mudcatter to auction them on mudcat .....

More constructive ideas (I hope) than MacPherson had, mind you he didn't have Hobgoblin or Mudcat.........