Friend of mine used to shop at places he described as "Antiques, Junk and Hors d'ouvres" shops, which the sign sure sounds like one of (Anyone want to diagram THAT sentence?).

In my house, the only guns are Star Wars blasters and those pump-action water guns that leak more over the shooter than the shootee. Instruments, though, we have in abundance:

Steel-string guitars, acoustic (flat-top) -- 3 Steel-string guitars, acoustic (archtop) -- 2 Steel-string guitars, electric -- 3 Electric bass guitar -- 1 (on loan) Lap steel guitar, electric -- 1 Dobro style guitar, acoustic -- 1 Resonator style guitar, acoustic/electric -- 1 Classical guitar -- 1 (on loan) Banjo-guitar -- 1 Mandolins -- 2 Banjo-mandolin -- 1 Five-string banjos -- 5 Tenor banjo -- 1 Ukulele -- 1 Fiddle -- 1 Banjo uke -- 1 Appalachian dulcimer -- 1 Hammer dulcetta (small one) -- 1 Autoharp (last seen working) -- 1 Keyboard, acoustic (i.e., piano) -- 1 Keyboard, electric -- 1 Jew's harps -- many Harmonicas -- too many Kazoos -- one is too many

And two to four nonworking guitars and such.

That's all that memory brings to mind. There may be others, and two of the acoustic guitars and one mandolin have pickups added to 'em, but are primarily acoustic anyway.

And one Gurian J-R model guitar to sell for a fellow Mudcatter (Ferrara). Email me at rjclayton@aol.com if interested.

Bob Clayton