I've got some remnants from an early music performer love as well -- a soprano and an alto recorder, some sheet music, and Ernst Mayr's book on evolution.
B was a wonderful recorder player; she also played the oboe and rebec and cornetto. When I was with her she performed with a wonderful group of folks I had the privilege to hang with and listen to. The hurdy-gurdy can be an awesome instrument in the right hands!
I took up the recorder to play duets with her, and after a few months could at least mess around profitably, but I never achieved any real mastery.
She ended up leaving me for another and we've not spoken in 18 years, but that reedy renaissance sound still always takes back to that small fun-loving group of talented musicians jamming to that renaissance sound.

Giovanni