I dabble with the drums, and as nice as they would look as a decoration or as part of a shadow box, they wouldn't play worth the wood they were used to make. Not to mention, when I play, i crack the heads on all of my sticks at one point or another. That's not to say there's not a market for them to be part of a ceremonial event. I know I would have liked to receive a highly polished set of Cocobolo or B&W Ebony sticks when I was done with drum line.