Well, if you think about it, as long folk music is "living" it is lumper's music, but when it's "dying" and just a style to be preserved it's splinter's music.

the reason is, whenever the folks around make music, they bring every instruments they have, sing all the songs they have and if someone brings along the tuba he is weelcome of course, because a tuba is delivering a great base.

MUSIC TIP >>> And You should watch out for Hans Theesink, a dutch blues gitar player who is often accompanied by a marvelous tuba player named jon sass. Great deal, this duo.

But when folks doesnt come together to make music any onger, but just a bunch of fanatics (like me *ggg*) who remembers the music of the old days, then they just remember which instruments were brought normally and which songs were sung and poor tuba man must play some bohemian march music because noone remembers ole nick huggins bringing his tuba down to the fair in some rotten hillbilly village in the 1890ies.

Maybe this is the reason I hardly play the trombone these days but my banjo begs for mercy.