And apologies in return if I misinterpreted you, Smokey. My wife is always telling me I lack a sense of humour :-)

To your other comment:

Much Baroque and earlier material music played by recorder groups is not really any more difficult than the folky stuff, though you need to get into the style. Until the end of the 18th century composers were commonly employed by wealthy aristocrats who were often competent amateur musicians themselves, so the court composer would be expected to produce music that his employer was capable of playing. Even with Mozart, quite a lot of his music is playable by amateur musicians because, although he went freelance, he often produced music for wealthy amateurs - after all, he had to earn a living.