Re: Period vs Modern instruments?

"Nightingale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I don't know - so many of the experiments of playing early music on
> instruments other than what it was intended for I've heard (most
> recently a saxophone quartet playing something by Telemann and some
> madrigals & music originally written for virginals arranged for concert
> band) have been horrible, I'm not sure I want to listen to any more of
> that kind of thing.

Are you just caricaturing my position, or do you seriously think
I'm advocating something as drastic as using saxophones for
playing string music?  If so, please read the previous post much
more carefully.