At 10:49 AM -0700 6/5/07, Harold Owen wrote:
I should mention in passing that there are other recorders that are less often used: Sopranino (octave above the alto and about half as long), Garkleinflöte (octave above the soprano and about half as long and pretty shrieky), and the Great Bass recorder (octave below the tenor, similar in length to bassoon and uses a bocal). There is even a colossal great bass in F which is extremely big and extremely rare. I think it would be silly to include them in Finale's instrument list.
Actually the contrabass in F is not all that unusual, just expensive!! Many of us wish we could afford one. And there are now several Recorder Orchestras that use more than the basic SATB quartet. I think it would make good sense to include them. (Now krummhorns, I'm not so sure!)
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