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