| This is flawed to such a degree I don't know where to begin. Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Piccolo and Piano can all only reach about a C8. A Violin can sound higher with harmonics. Piano is NEVER in the string family. Your choice of percussion is absolutely arbitrary as is your inclusion of the euphonium. A hornist would die trying to play the (sounding) top A that a cor anglais can hit. Euphonium has the same sounding pitch as a French Horn. Lowest timpani one would expect is a bottom C, the bottom C that a tuba, double bass and contrabassoon (where is that?) can play well below. Sources: Samuel Adler - The Study of Orchestration, a Degree in Music |