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Originally Posted by Anaraxes

Harmonicas don't have fingering, so it's not really a close match for Sheng as described in LTC1. Closer to panpipes, as you select different pitches with horizontal motion of the instrument. But it's still a bit different as you've got the internal reed rather than having to form a stream of air to split across the flute opening. I might just make it its own skill, since it doesn't really match the characteristics listed for the other categories.

What would the defaults from Musical Instrument (Harmonica) be?

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

Classic blues instrumentation includes the guitar and piano, as well as the harmonica and drums.

Dixieland jazz will bring in trumpets and trombones, clarinet, tuba and/or string bass, and maybe the banjo.

Cajun folk music will throw in the fiddle (violin) and accordion.

He's got Musical Instrument (Fiddle) and, I guess, Musical Instrument (Harmonica). Fiddle gives him banjo and guitar at a decent default, only -3 from his Musical Instrument (Fiddle) skill. We've got around 2 more points to play with. A point in Piano and another in Single Reed (isn't that what covers the saxophone?)?