Reason's for not buying a pokerwork:
1. Their popularity for morris means that they may have been thrashed to the point of destruction.
What's with Morris musicians then? What's all this thrashing? Not the first time I've heard this phrase used either, by any means. Do you hit them with big sticks or thrash them with handkerchiefs? What sort of musician thrashes their instrument? My button accordions are all between fifty and seventy years old and they are still as good as new. Better, in at least one case. Where am I going wrong?
Not that I'm in favor of thrashing
But, realize, an instrument must not only produce notes, but be transported, lugged about, and well, after all - live - with a musician (or player, dilettante, and presumably
worse even).
The more they travel, the more they're exposed to taking a nick or two. (Fortunately, our boxes are about the most convenient things to pack around!)
