On 06/04/2013, David Lennick wrote: > I'm trying not to imagine the sound of 12 French horns.... > The 1959 Mackerras recording of Handel's Fireworks music uses nine horns (as did the first performance). (And 26 oboes, 14 bassoons, 4 contra-bassoons, 2 serpents, 9 trumpets, 3 pairs of tympani and 6 side drums.) Regards -- Don Cox doncox at enterprise.net