Richard Fleischman.Music:‭ ‬The instruments most musicians work with today are survivors or variations of the sonic armaments they had in other eras.‭ ‬Gone,‭ ‬for the most part,‭ ‬are the ophicleide,‭ ‬the serpent,‭ ‬the sarrusophone.‭ ‬Most of the viol family,‭ ‬with‭ ‬the exception of the double bass‭ (‬and its modern derivative the bass guitar‭)‬,‭ ‬also is gone,‭ ‬heard … [Read more...]