I discovered this handy site on musical instruments/orchestration-- very VERY cool:
http://www.mti.dmu.ac.uk/%7Eahugill/manual/intro.html
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Damn! This site is amazing! More info that you can shake a stick at on each instrument with music samples, techniques, and and and... :o
I found that site 2 years ago (?) and was AMAZED at the content it had. Especially the extended techniques. I posted it at the other forum, but probably not here. Hopefully some other people will find it useful/interesting, too.