Ron Chaplin writes:

>On the back of the second volume of Violin Concerti, Op. 8, Stephen
>Preston is listed as playing "traverso" or the "traverso," I'm not sure
>which.

The transverse flute (traverso in Italian) is a term used for the
side-blown flute until about the middle of the 18th century, to distinguish
it from the end-blown recorder.

Judy Cervetto Hedberg