14:14:35beachSo "Bb trumpet" is unique and "C trumpet" is unique but "trumpet" is not unique.
14:14:37jackdanielI think that my point is that you may have c and b-flat trumpet in the orchestra and they should have distinct name anyway (like two b-flat trumpets would have)
14:15:02beachOh, no, that's not the point of the instrument.
14:15:33beachThe point of the instrument is just to label the staff and to determine what key signature to use for it.
14:16:00beachIt is not a specific individual instance of an instrument.
14:16:12beachI guess it would have been better named "instrument type".
14:17:18beachOften, several people play in unison, like first-violin, and you don't name each one in the score.
14:17:54beachIn fact, the composer probably doesn't know how many people will play first violin.
14:18:29beachThen, there can be different voices playing the same instrument (-type).
14:18:48beachBut that's a question of naming the voice, or the "slice" as I call it in Gsharp.
14:19:10beachI am going to be distracted again for a few minutes.