The Bird Fancyer's Delight, Bret Pimentel, recorders

"Teaching birds to imitate tunes 'properly compos’d within the compass and faculty of each bird' was a popular and lucrative hobby in the 18th century ... Special keys were prescribed for the linnet (C major), the bullfinch (C minor), [and] the canary (F major) ... but they were not adhered to rigidly." – Stanley Godman, from the Schott edition 0:00 Three tunes for the linnet (soprano recorder) 2:03 Three tunes for the bullfinch (alto recorder) 5:24 Three tunes for the canary (sopranino recorder)