We agree!, here, Charlotte and, from above -

Subject: RE: England's National Musical-Instrument?
From: GUEST,WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 04:55 AM

"I like the idea of the lute having evolved in different lands into different guitar-like instruments - the Portuguese guitar (nearly always used to accompany fado songs), the Mexican guitar (with 9 strings, I think), the balalaika of Russia, the English cittern, the mandolin of Italy, the bouzouki (which we saw in the Athens Olympics), etc...
And, as suggested above, I also like the idea of their being many a fiddle-like instrument in many different lands...but, then, I do love our world being multicultural."