There was a time - late 19th, early 20th c - when pianos were associated with Music Hall, and therefore secular, music. So there were SdA (and other American pr

There was a time - late 19th, early 20th c - when pianos were associated with Music Hall, and therefore secular, music. So there were SdA (and other American protestant) people who eschewed them for that reason. Pianos stopped being much of a controversy (in SdA-ism, not sure about elsewhere) by the mid-20th c. Drums, though? Yah. Drums are still a bit taboo. Well, not drums per se, drum kits. Banging a base drum or playing snare or whacking on a set of bongos is just fine, but only if there's a 1:1 musician to instrument ratio. A multi-tasking percussionist, however, has a whiff of rock and roll. (Source: also an apostate SdA.)