What instrument should a brand-new channel start on? nf-8qer ← Beads

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Twinned from https://github.com/cfsh/ninefold/issues/449 by tools/beads/import_github.py's reconcile pass.

A new channel is created as BaseSounds.Piano, so the editor opens showing synth (triangle) — a leftover default from before #442 made instrument-picking an explicit step.

It is not obviously wrong: the step exists so you immediately choose, and the starting point is a placeholder you replace. But it does mean the first thing you see is neither piano-ish nor an obvious "pick me".

A — leave it (recommended default). BaseSounds.Piano, focus lands on the instrument row, you pick. Zero change; the default only shows for the second you spend choosing.

B — start on the first featured instrument (grand piano - intimate), so the name and the sound agree.

C — start on nothing — no chip selected until you pick one, making the step unmissable. Costs a "no instrument yet" state in SoundEditor that nothing else has.

Default A ships if unanswered. Moved off the PR #447 body per the convention that taste calls live on an issue so they survive the merge.

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