Another thing...I always found that hammered dulcimer, which I busked with for years, had a particularly romantic effect. (Anybody else experienced this?) First time I discovered this was the first night I tuned my brand-new instrument up after I brought it home. (Talking 1979, at some party.)

That's probably why I kept playing it longer than I really liked.

Now that I've been married for 16 years, I bring it out about once annually....really should restring it sometime!

W-O