In the instruments thread Hank admitted to being a spoons player and encouraged us all to give them a try. I'm sure there are a lot of questions and stories about spoons so I started this thread. Let me kick it off with a couple of questions.

1) Unlike most other instruments it is difficult to play spoons quietly. (As a matter of fact I have never seen spoons amplified. No matter how loud the band the spoons cut through.) For those of us who are shy we tend to want to stay in the background until we gain some experience. Are there any suggestions to help those in this situation?

2) The spoon player in a local jugband has a pair of spoons marked "Supreme". The store he bought them at no longer carries them and can provide no information about the supplier. The pair he has are green and have a wonderful "soft" sound to them. Do any Mudders know where I might find some? Lark In The Morning doesn't have them and my attempts to search for them on the internet have all come up empty.