> God help me, but when I actually get around to learning > the sackbut, I hope these "purists" don't stone me for playing a trombone > when I haven't been able to hack it the the "hackbut." I don't think they will. At Pennsic, Loud Band rarely has sackbuts, but frequently has trombones with the personas of sackbuts... Rude people aren't that common in the SCA, they're just memorable when you do run into them. There's no sense in spending lots of time either worrying about them or talking about it here. -- g ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send email to majordomo@pbm.com containing the words "unsubscribe minstrel". To contact a human about problems, send mail to owner-minstrel@pbm.com