Orchestras are usually tuned to an Oboe. The open note, (that is, the note an oboe plays without any fingering), is an A, and the orchestra tunes best to that note. When a piano is featured as solo instrument, the orchestra tunes to the A of the piano, because it's easier for them to adjust their pitch than for the piano.
oboe
violin
Saxophones are reed instruments not normally found in a symphony orchestra.
A symphony orchestra has instruments from most of the instrument families (woodwind, stings, brass, percussion, and sometimes keyboard). Usually there is a variety of instruments from each family. Some of the common ones would be the flute, clarinet, bassoon (for woodwinds), the tuba, trombone, trumpet (for brass), violin, cello, double bass/ string bass (for strings), the timpani, snare, symbols (for percussion), and sometimes an orchestra may have an organ (as the keyboard).
It depends on the orchestra. Symphony orchestra- no. Ethnic orchestra- might be.
Why would they be any different to instruments in any symphony orchestra? Maybe their distinctive feature is being in Chicago?
For one thing, "string instruments" and "stringed instruments" are not the same. String instruments are the viol family and stringed instruments are any instrument that has strings. The piano and harp both qualify.Now, the piano is a percussion instrument that has strings and the harp is an unbowed stringed instrument.
Saxophones are reed instruments not normally found in a symphony orchestra.
A symphony orchestra has instruments from most of the instrument families (woodwind, stings, brass, percussion, and sometimes keyboard). Usually there is a variety of instruments from each family. Some of the common ones would be the flute, clarinet, bassoon (for woodwinds), the tuba, trombone, trumpet (for brass), violin, cello, double bass/ string bass (for strings), the timpani, snare, symbols (for percussion), and sometimes an orchestra may have an organ (as the keyboard).
It depends on the orchestra. Symphony orchestra- no. Ethnic orchestra- might be.
Trumpet
Why would they be any different to instruments in any symphony orchestra? Maybe their distinctive feature is being in Chicago?
Violin and piano
There are four stringed instruments used: violin, viola, cell, and bass.
The cast of Instruments of the Orchestra - 1946 includes: Malcolm Sargent as Himself - Conductor London Symphony Orchestra as Themselves
For one thing, "string instruments" and "stringed instruments" are not the same. String instruments are the viol family and stringed instruments are any instrument that has strings. The piano and harp both qualify.Now, the piano is a percussion instrument that has strings and the harp is an unbowed stringed instrument.
The main ones are the oboe, clarinet, and bassoon.
The harp and guitar are both, sometimes used in the orchestra ( the harp more than the guitar ). The instrument known as the "harp-guitar" is a very rare hybrid instrument. Most of its repetoire is in solo pieces and chmber music. It is not a regular member of the symphony orchestra.
The clarinet, and sometimes the bass clarinet. On rare occasion, some pieces call for a saxophone.