In her brilliant post below, teresadoula (if that's her real name) argues that the vibraphone is the least noir of all musical instruments. My carefully weighed response pokes a hole in her claim, but then I duck out without offering an alternative. After much thought I have decided that the banjo is the least noir instrument and I challenge you to prove me wrong! What say you, dear reader - is it the vibraphone or the almost-always comical banjo that is least suited for those dark, black & white noir films? Or have we both missed the mark and are forgetting a even better (worse) musical instrument?