A different sort of string complement will perform Friday at 8 P.M. at a "Guitar Summit" at Westchester Community College in Valhalla.

But there is compensation: the Theme and Variations movement is exceptionally lovely with a full string complement.

Everyone had adjustments to make, most of all Mr. Muti, who discovered to his amazement how much more insinuating and needling the leaner string complement could be.

Fauré reorchestrated for larger forces, including a normal string complement and second oboe, second bassoon and third and fourth horns.

The string complement could still be fuller; it sounded thin in "Romeo and Juliet."

But the reduced string complement put forth a tangy sound that served those passages well.

The orchestra's full string complement joined in the second movement, and the lean, tough sound of Piazzolla's groups gave way to a lush mode suited to the end credits of a Hollywood film.

Mr. Mehta used the full string complement, and did a good job on this earnestly neo-Classical score.

Even with a reasonably full string complement, the playing sounded dry.

He uses the orchestra's full string complement, which the studio could not always accommodate.