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Spotlight on the Recorder

Posted by: Gilbert Busch

“Why is it called a recorder when it doesn’t record?” I wondered as the unmistakable sound of recorders reached my ears.  We were on our way home from church, and the car radio was playing a Baroque concerto. Later, a computer search showed that recorder is from the Latin word recordari, to remember, or to …