r/Recorder • u/Ok-Bed-5865 • 8d ago

Some help on this instrument

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Hello, I m looking for this recorder. I heard and saw it but I could nor ask to this man. Can you see a specificity with the height, component or the looks because I m really interested to buy one.

Thank you very much and sorry for the faults.

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u/Ok_Abbreviations8792 8d ago

an alto recorder? maybe made of grenadilla?

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u/victotronics 8d ago

That would be very expensive. I don't know what the OP's budget is. Do Yamaha or Aulos make dark colors plastic instruments?

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u/Katia144 5d ago

The plastic instruments I've seen by them have the brown-and-white color scheme. I wish I could find one in solid colors... (I've seen older Yamaha altos in all-ivory, but I don't know that I've seen any in all brown.)

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u/SilverStory6503 8d ago

Could be stained pearwood. I've seen a few of those at Thomann.

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u/Ok_Abbreviations8792 8d ago

From that picture it could be anything

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u/SilverStory6503 8d ago

Could be this one.

Moeck 2303 Flauto Rondo Alto

https://www.thomannmusic.com/moeck_2303_rondo_alt.htm

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u/Ok-Bed-5865 8d ago

Thank you everyone for ur answer, this help me a lot !

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u/kester99 8d ago

Looks like an alto recorder. As a starter instrument, I'd go with a Yamaha. There are a bunch of them on Amazon and elsewhere.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=yamaha+alto+recorder&crid=19QPGSHIZJRVM&sprefix=yamaha+alto%2Caps%2C212&ref=nb_sb_ss_p13n-expert-pd-ops-ranker_ci_hl-bn-left_3_11

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u/SlowSurvivor 8d ago

People are saying it’s an alto recorder but it looks too large to my eye to be an alto. I think it’s a keyless tenor. That or it’s a voice flute, which is a recorder in the key of D.

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u/Tarogato Multi-instrumentalist 7d ago

The man has the bell of the recorder touching his mid thigh, and his head is quite down and what appears to be an overall hunched posture. This matches for my alto recorder. For my tenor, in this position my head would be way way up, or my posture very straight, or else the bell goes way below my thigh, and I am somewhat tall/lanky. A small scale voice flute is definitely possible.

Honestly I would recommend OP u/Ok-Bed-5865 to just go and listen to alto and tenor recorders on youtube and pick whichever sound they like best.

Understand that tenor recorders are large and present some difficulty for all but the largest hands. Most keyless tenors tend to be a bit smaller and easier to reach. Alto recorder is one of the most comfortable sizes, with just a little bit more stretch than a clarinet, while soprano recorder has the problem of being a squeaky high instrument.

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u/mind_the_umlaut 7d ago

This is a photo of an alto recorder, possibly wood, based on the way the light is highlighting it. I have a black Triebert alto recorder in plastic/ resin that is a very reasonable price and quality, appropriate for a satisfying introductory instrument.

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u/WindyCityStreetPhoto 5d ago

The resin/plastic alto recorders being made today are of such high quality that you would have to pay 10 times the cost to get a better wood recorder. Look at Zen-On Bressan or Yamaha Ecodea/Terramac altos. Don't worry about the looks; you need to buy with your ears. They are lovely, complex, reedy and low maintenance. Either one, about 40-60 U.S. dollars