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Apropos to my horn playing complaint, check this out: J.N. Hummel (1778-1837): Wind Serenade in F - Finale (excerpt) Pretty tricky couple of licks, huh? That's a modern horn player struggling with that part, but it was written for NATURAL horn. And they couldn't hire Giovanni Punto (look him up) for every gig, so I have to surmise this was composed for a capable, run-of-the-mill Viennese horn player, not a virtuoso. Lest there be any doubt that period horn players were bad-donkey. ;)