Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

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On 13/01/2022 21:40, James B. Wilkinson wrote:
> If I make it with the English horn part correctly transposed, the MIDI sounds terrible. 
> If I make it with the English horn part untransposed, it sounds fine. My conclusion is 
> that the midiInstrument "english horn" reads its part in C rather than in F. 
> Shouldn't it play the notes that a real English horn would?

Out of curiosity, and speaking as a Brit! what on earth is an "English 
Horn"? Is the instrument the English call a Cor Anglais?

Cheers,
Wol