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generally, if the music's good, they would want to perform it. for a more specific answer (which you probably wanted), I'd suggest you read this http://ostimusic.com/blog/music-publishing/ and this http://ostimusic.com/blog/even-tanglewood-has-a-band/ this might be helpful. And you don't have to be at mercy of the performer. If you write a good oboe piece, I'll be willing to play it and record it for you

Call me old-fashioned, but I like harmony and melody.

Thanks again TJS_1977 ;) , yes, surely i could not afford a Stradivarius, Amati or Guarneri, the 3 most expensive italian viol families in the world, like you said i have heard that antique viols are better in timbre. That intrigues me, is it the quality thus type of wood? Or the very natural dynamics of the presice wood matrix? The violin i just bought finally, is composed of maple wood but it mostly attracted me because of the color black & i am hoping that when i 1st play it, it might just have a decent timbre color since it's a new line of viols with some luck it might be decent quality. I once made a composition called " Black Violins & Black Roses " so i now & for a time now i've been in love woth the hypothetical idea of a black violin since in my opinion is more elegant than the traditional red. So i googled it & found they make them now & at the same time acoustic. There was one deLuca Black for 80$ but the one i now ordered seems identical except for the price which was only 30$ & both new. I am puzzled by this, what could be the difference? :headwall: :eyebrow:

I had meant an older student instrument. Maybe something that's been lying around in someone's house for a long time or at a flea market or whatever. It's not likely to be a Stradivarius, but it's possible it might sound better than one might imagine for the price. But it might look beat up or have an issue or two. I remember at my high school (this is going back a little ways, obviously), there used to be some newer instruments and some older ones. The old ones looked like crap but played much better. I always think it's better to start on a good or halfway decent instrument rather than a crappy one, but it depends on what your motives are.

*looks at site* ....................

For the same reason any other two instruments are used that have a shared range...they don't sound the same in different registers, or as a whole...