All of the instruments I play are because I love the sound they mnake in other people's hands and, on a good day, in my own hands - and because in their own way they all feel *right*, part of my self-expression, always a pleasure and never a chore. Somebody further up said 'the right instruments find you', and I wholeheartedly agree with that.

Whistle because my sister gave me one of her cast-offs and I found I could play it, which led on to low whistle, flute and piccolo.

Bouzouki because I fancied learning a stringed/chords instrument, and loved the sound of the bouzouki above that of the guitar.

English concertina because of a couple of EC players I knew/know, and because of the sheer Victorian steam-punk complexity of it.

Rauschpfife because of the New London Consort at the Roundhouse in the early 80s, playing a Praetorius 4-part dance tune on rauschpfeifen.