Author: ColeHanson
Date: 2010-05-16 17:44
If you want a functional "presitigious wind ensemble," you would have maybe 45-50 members, with
1 Eflat
6-8 Bb's at the very most, although often times, these parts are literally all done one player/part written.
1 Alto (but only if it was necessary and called for, many times the alto part is left out if it is only doubling or totally unnecessary)
some combination of 1-3 bass/contras depending on the music.
Going with 80-90 players, you would basically double the section, although that band is not a wind ensemble, it is a symphonic or concert band. I can't imagine more than 18 Bb clarinets even functioning together much less blending as a section.
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