"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:03:51 +0300, "Iain Churches"
wrote:

[2] Who also moved on from valves to SS in due course and despite
being a keen musician tended then to be puzzled by the ongoing
arguments about valve amps. I can't recall him ever complaining
that without valves he couldn't tell an oboe from a cor any more...



Jim. A "cor" is the name commnonly used by musicians to
denote a French horn, (the instrument first developed in France
from the "cor de chasse") and marked "cor" on most symphonic
full scores.

I don't think anyone on this planet could fail to discern
between a French horn and an oboe:-)

Whereas "tell an oboe from a cor" clearly implies a cor anglais. Don't
be silly.


Laurence.
Jim's post was brought to my attention by a French horn player in
a major symphony orchestra, a member of the music group to which
I belong. He did not think that accurately differentiating between the
two was "silly". Neither do I.

A cor Anglais is no more a cor than a saxophone is a horn:-)

regards
Iain