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Message:: [QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 174335, member: 136"]The other day, I was sitting on the stone wall next to my house, and a boy, maybe 12 or 13, walked by, tootling rather un-melodically (yes, I KNOW that is not a word, but it describes the sound!) on some sort of instrument. As most folks around here do (much to my delight!) he stopped to say "hi", so I asked him, "Oh, is that a recorder?" "No," he answered rather proudly, "It's a FIFE!" He then showed me how it came apart into 3 pieces, small enough to fit in his back pocket. "Transportable," he told me. "Much easier to carry than my guitar." "Ah," I said, attempting to be politic, "Are you good on the guitar?" "Nope," he said. "I suck at that, too."[/QUOTE]