Is there any simple way that I can identify a musical instrument I hear
either on television or CD? I know experience would be the first answer,
but I have no "live" experience with musical instruments other than what I
hear, but I'd like to find out if I'm hearing a trumpet, flute, violin, etc.
Are there any websites with samples of various instruments that I can listen
to that might help? Any other alternatives?

Thanks,
John
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John:

I was just looking for a record in the basement (Erik Satie, of all people)
and stumbled across this old LP: A Child's Introduction to The Orchestra and
All Its Instruments, by Golden Records, dist. by Affiliated Publishers, Inc.
C. 1959.

Just what you want - Antionette the Clarinet, Knute the Flute, Bobo the
Oboe, etc.

Carlos