While I have been a fan of traditional folk music of all kinds for many years and of old timey music, in general, I have been somewhat disturbed by the extremes presented by the old timey practioners. Dress codes, for instance, of what you can and can't play and how you can and can't play it. I've been to several old timey jam sessions over the years in the NJ/NY metro area and have been welcomed playing my guitar, as long as it is my 6 string and only with a flat pick. I also play other instruments and I prefer fingerpicking. I DO respect the concept of maintaining traditions, but the stuffiness sometimes disturbs me. In the old days, before this type of music had a name, people gathered and played whatever instruments they had. I've heard stories of a hammer dulcimer player wandering into an old timey jam session and contentedly playing along for a half dozen tunes, only to have the fiddle players retuning, in unison, a 1/2 step up, continuing playing, and leaving him in the dust. I've often thought about working out an arrangement of the Hangman's Reel on English concertina, or bowed psaltry, or pianolin. Can anyone out there point me in the direction of readily available recordings on tape, cd, or vinyl of traditional old timey music played on non-traditional instruments? Regards, Duane D. :)