Dear Friends,

I'd like to find out if you or any of the musicians you know, name your musical instruments or identify them by gender. 

BB King identified his guitar -- all his guitars according to Wikipedia -- as Lucille, in tribute to . . .  here's a link to the story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_(guitar)

I'm working on a story about a musician. I'd like to find out if that -- naming an instrument -- ever happens and/or, even if an instrument doesn't have a name -- if it has a gender identity (an incredibly complicated question these days, but my story is set in the 19th century, so I'm really only thinking binary solutions).

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Sincerely,

Ridge