>The only benefit to it I can see would be
>shattering someone's return potion or something. But,
>considering the odds of shattering a glass item against it
>being the one you want and having it occur in the right
>situation it's just plain silly to even hope this can be a
>viable tactic. Right now I kind of feel like this was a waste
>of edge points. Your thoughts?

It's fairly cheap, and adds some utility to to a song as you described above.

>Also, could you please shed some insight into what does make
>an instrument effective? I had at one time thought it was
>instrument type. For instance, drums and horns would be good
>for epic, but, that doesn't seem completely true because I can
>think of a couple of drums that are not good for the epic
>style. I then thought it was level, as that is the only other
>statistical indicator I can see that distinguishes between
>instruments.

See the other request in this thread, it will help you identify what makes an instrument effective. There is no set rule as far as I know.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!