I have training in clarinet, piano, french horn, violin, mellophone, and oboe.

I marched the clarinet, then the mello. I liked the mello a hell of a lot more, and actually got a solo my senior year with it.

I actually own the mellophone and an oboe, so obviously I enjoyed those the most. The mello's a piece of crap brass composite I bought off my band director for 50 bucks, but the oboe is actually an intermediate wooden Linton, which is above average quality. I haven't touched Rupert (the oboe) in about a year. I probably need to get him tuned/ repadded again. He's a picky little beast, but I do love him. He's probably feeling rather neglected, but in an apartment situation, I feel bad honking on him, since the neighbors have to suffer.

The spellcheck thinks mellophone isn't a word, and that makes me sad. : (

The vast majority of my instrumental training is in vocal technique.  However, I don't really sing much anymore.  I also studied piano for 6 years and cello for 2.  But I rarely play those now either.  I also have a trumpet and a tenor sax that get played only occasionally and I don't have any formal training on either.

I primarily play guitar, percussion, and various electronics.  I have not deliberately tuned a guitar to anything standard since 7th grade (nor would I know what notes lie where on the fretboard if I did tune it) and I can't play a standard drum beat to save my life, but I consider myself quite proficient on these instruments in my own untraditional way.  Most recently, I've gotten really into the sounds my laptop makes and have been creating music primarily from amplifying these small sounds with a pickup designed for recording telephone conversations.

Some of my music is recently up on a myspace page.  http://www.myspace.com/tracebeing

(edit way after the fact right now because I realized I screwed up the url coding)

I sing - I've had some actual training there, and I've been in lots of choirs and acappella groups and musicals over the course of my school career, and, obviously, I can rock out.

I play guitar, acoustic or electric.  I'm a competant rhythm guitarist, but no lead guitarist unless you want serious noise.  At some point I made the transition from "hack" to "hack who sounds good."  Influences: Gill (Gang of Four), Greenwood (Radiohead), Mizutani (Les Rallizes Denudes), and lots of soul guitarists.

I can fake it on bass.

While overseas I had nothing to do and the Chaplain was giving guitar lessons... so now I play acoustic guitar.  Not well, I still have a lot to learn and I need a lot of practice.

I played the violin for 6 years and I've sang for two years. I can still play violin even though I rarely touch it nowadays. With a little practice I'm sure I can pick up my singing as well. I miss it though :-x

The only instrument I play well is English Handbells. It's one of the few truly choral instruments. Ic an fake it on the piano. I also sing a little when I think no-one is listening or I'm drunk.

I seem to have a tendency to date drummers. Somebody psychoanalyze that.

I have a new band!

go to www.myspace.com/gentleinfidels to listen to some progressive accoustic rock with cello and fretless bass!

I play the Violin Mostly but I can play the Viola and Cello as well.  I am going to be getting a Bass Guitar though and learning that.  Probably where I excel (I'm out of practice on the violin though getting better) is in my voice.  I let my fiddle playing atrophy and focused on my vocal talents for about 5 years.  Not that I didn't play (I did when I could) but I didn't practice as much as I should.

Also, I will be working on learning the Bagpipes.

Of those I've played...Violin (23 years), Viola (18), Cello (About 10), Piano (very little), and vocal (About 13 years).  Sometime I will post a pic of my collection of instruments.

As for present, I have a Morelli Electric Violin and an antique circa 1890 violin (Accoustic).  Next purchase is a Cello and a Bass Guitar.

((Delayed response))

Dude, Mariachi?  Awesome!