Talk:String section

"invariably consists of these four"? Is it meant that there is alway some subset of the 4, as in Brahms serenades & the Symphony of Psalms, both standard repertory wo/vlns? A more serious problem with the article is a complete lack of historical context for the evolution of some norm. For example we know Purcell's orch. never included a 16' bass, that Charpentier used 3 sizes of violin... Sparafucil 05:51, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, sorry if this is taken to be rude, but I don't think the last edit was an improvement. In particular:

It put a digression into the opening paragraph, where digressions definitely do not belong. People can learn more about instrument families, if they want, simply by following the links.

It also removed a passage that was crucial for one purpose of this article. Specifically, this article is meant, in part, to provide the meaning of the term "string section". Several articles linking to it rely the article on providing this meaning. So I think this part ought not to be changed.

The remainder of the edit discussed sizes and seating arrangements. I think this would be a fine idea, as the final section of this article. But the material contributed came out of the editor's head, which is a WP no-no; for claimed facts you have to use a reference source and cite it. Yours sincerely, Opus33 16:08, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]