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What are the number in a Classical orchestra?

String Section:

- 16 first violins

- 14 second violins

- 12 violas

- 10 cellos

- 8 double basses

- 1 harp

- Total = 61

Woodwind Section:

- 3 flutes (sometimes with a piccolo)

- 3 oboes (sometimes with an English horn)

- 3 clarinets (sometimes with an E flat clarinet or a bass clarinet)

- 2 bassoons (sometimes with a contrabassoon)

- Total = 11

Brass Section:

- 4 French horns

- 3 trumpets

- 3 trombones

- 1 tuba

- Total = 11

Percussion Section:

- Timpani (tuned drums)

- Snare drum

- Bass drum

- Cymbals

- Triangle

- Tam-tam

- Woodblock

- Temple blocks

- Xylophone

- Glockenspiel

- Celeste

- Total = 11

Total number of musicians in a standard Classical orchestra:

61 + 11 + 11 + 11 = 94

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