At 4:22 PM -0500 1/6/06, dhbailey wrote:
Andrew Stiller wrote:
Not to mention the fact that some flutes actually *can* play a low Bb.
I wasn't aware of that -- I've only encountered flutes which play to
low B. Cool!
I'm not sure you could buy one today, unless it's completely
custom-made. But I understand that they were available in Vienna at
the turn of the 20th century, and the Strauss (among others) wrote
for them. I even think I've read about piccolos, in the same time
and place, with low Bb, which since standard piccs don't even have a
low C would have been VERY unusual.
John
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