Before there was rock...

There is nothing new under the Sun, and while once you might have reeled with astonishment as your favourite rocker pulled out a multi-necked guitar there was this.

Today in Milan, in torrential downpours, we hid in the museums at the Castlello Sforzesco. A bit like the Rjiksmuseum in Amsterdam on our most recent journey before this one, it is a melange of "stuff", with brilliant bits.

We also crashed into a rehearsal area where people were playing the most outrageous instruments, see extra for the never ending spiral horn, and the 'I have too many strings'...