Enthusiasm travels. I guess I wont get there this weekend. Anybody within a days travel of Manchester uk should visit Hobgoblin, upstairs at Johnny Roadhouse Music, Oxford Road, Manchester. If it has strings on it will be there.

Instruments from all continents from the highest quality to cheap and cheerful stuff. I have seen something that looks like a very big dulcimer. It is played with hammers by 2 people sitting opposite each other, possibly as a prelude to sex?

And Ken gives much good advice. I bought a tenor mandola, play it every day it sounds so good even though I am crap. Life is too short to play crap instruments!

Cheers Les