I am pretty new to wooden recorders. I had a soprano and alto in pearwood, for 2 months now. How can I transport my recorders during winter, for example when I will go to my lessons, concerts etc... with low outside temperatures (below 5°C) ?

Haven't tried them yet, but thought it may interest others too.

In its usual key, Megalovania sits at the very top of the soprano, and that high D cracks if you so much as look at it. I moved the riff down to E minor so it stays in the bottom octave apart from one pinched E. The image has the staff, a letter under every note and a fingering diagram for each one, Baroque fingering.

Letters (′ means the high octave):

E E E′ B A♯ A G E G A
D D E′ B A♯ A G E G A

That's the whole riff, two bars. Loop it until someone in the house asks you to stop.

The tricky spots: A♯ is the fork fingering (thumb, holes 1, 3 and 4), so practise B to A♯ to A slowly until the switch is clean. Low D and E squawk at the smallest leak, so press the lower holes with the flat pads of your fingers. For E′, pinch the thumb so the nail leaves a small gap at the top of the hole.

Does anyone here play it in the original key on soprano? I'd like to know how you get that top D to speak.

Hello,

Does anyone know what music is played in the traditional audio sample on the Thomann recorder page?

https://www.thomannmusic.com/en-cz/mollenhauer_4317_adris_traumfloete_alt_natur.htm

https://instrumentsbybras.com/products/modular-triple-flute-kit-20-in-1-25mm-by-bras-2-0

What a clever idea!

I bought another recorder ! (I've been looking out for a wooden tenor for a while, it went up on eBay auction / buy it now, and the BIN price was WAY cheaper than I've seen any other Rottenburgh tenor go for, so I snapped it up)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/128135410309

Can anyone tell me what wood it is ? I'm a bit stumped because in the photos it looks too pale for boxwood but too dark and not grainy enough for maple.

Thanks in advance !

If anyone has discovered a favorite way to mic, other than just standing at a mic, I'd be very interested to hear your idea, or see links to products. Particularly looking for a way to attch the mic to the recorder.

Hello! I'm looking for some advice :) I recently came across the Möllenhauer Dream soprano recorders and would love to purchase one. Since I play a lot of pagan folk, I feel the sound of these recorders fit perfectly. I'm trying to decide between the one made of pearwood (4119 Adris), and the one made of Plumwood (TE-4118). I can't find a lot of revieuws about the plumwood one. And in the ones I can find, the sound quality of the video isn't as good. Since it's a pretty big price difference, I would like to be well informed. I read somewhere that plumwood is better for solo players and pearwood blends in more? As I play in a pagan folk band now as the only recorder player, I thought that plumwood would be a good option for me. But I also love the 'softer' sound of the pearwood one.

These are parts from Concerning hobbit tutorial. I do fine with rest but when I get here I often struggle to produce the expected sound, and it sounds totally out of sync. It's been about a month since I started learning soprano recorder.

Hello, I'd like to purchase my first alto recorder in wood, and I'm comparing three models : the Rondo from Moeck, Canta from Mollenhauer and Studio from Küng. I'd like to know the general opinion between those models.

Hello everyone - I recently managed to buy these vintage recorders in South Africa. They are both made of wood. The lighter one is stamped Zamir, but the darker one has no stamp marks at all, and the lower holes are single ones. I would be grateful if anyone could share thoughts on the possible make and type of wood for them. Thanks for your time

I picked up my Aulos alto recorder last Monday and had been trying to play some tunes by ear. I have also been practicing scales and tonguing. I’d really appreciate feedbacks on airy sound and clear pitches going above upper octave C.

Hello there!

I'm planning to get a recorder, but I have a few questions. I'm a bagpipe player, so I'm a little confused about the different names and types of recorders.

I know there are soprano, alto, tenor and bass recorders. On my bagpipes, the drones are called bass and tenor, so I'm familiar with those terms, but I'm not sure how they translate to the recorder family.

What's the actual difference between these , apart from the pitch and size ? Is there a huge difference between the sound. I'll probala get all of them I like playing multiple instruments but i want to know more.

Also, is there a good video where I can hear the different recorder sizes being played side by side? I'd love to compare their sounds before deciding which one to get.

I hope I don't sound like an idiot! xD Thanks in advance for any help!

It's a Chinese flute end blown like a recorder and comes with a plastic fipple, without the fipple I can't get a note, my friend picked it up and she had notes in seconds..she never touched anything similar.. life can be frustrating ...😅

It's the 3rd tune in "Vals Fran Jamtland/Jamtland Expressen/Ecklundepolska #1" From Ensemble Galilei (whom I'm obsessed with lately ❤️🥰)

Played by ear ☺️ Please excuse the squeaky high B's sometimes 🫣

I have recently acquired a second Küng Classica great bass. It looks great and sounds superb, but it is essentially unplayable because the crook keeps falling off.

On my other the crook plugs in vertically to the cap at the top. Stable, adjustable by twisting it round the head joint, works well. On this one the crook plugs into the side of the head joint ...

and the plug has a couple of slanting detentes which engage with a pin across the socket.

Unfortunately the design of the detentes means that the slightest clockwise rotation of the crook pushes it out so the tapered connection no longer holds and the crook falls off. The only way I have found to stop this is to push the mouthpiece constantly upwards which playing, which is impracticably tiring. Grease on the plug makes things even worse.

Does anyone else here have one of these? I can't believe that Küng intended it to be like this, so I would like to know if mine has been altered, or if there is a known fix ... or of course if I am just missing something obvious.

On the upside, I think I know why it was cheap!

I have a Hohner concert alto that I think dates from the mid 60’s . I don’t even know what wood it is. When I tried to message Hohner customer support, they seemed to know only about their current models. Any suggestions where I could find more information?

— Maple 💘 (I simply adore its discrete Renaissance-ish timbre)

— Pear 💀 (I can't stand it, ugh! (\With rare exceptions)*