WHAT TO LOOK FOR when choosing your new recorder! | Team Recorder

It's time to buy your new recorder - but what should you look/listen for? What kind, which wood? How do you pick one from the masses? How do you test it out? What if it's second hand?

I take you through it all, so hopefully you'll find the perfect instrument for you!

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In this video I show:
- moeck soprano in 440, maple wood
- Yoav Ran alto in 442, olive wood
- Mollenhauer Dream alto in 442, pear wood
- Joachim Rohmer alto in 415, rose wood
- Thomas van Ginneken alto in 415, grenadilla (or palisander? ugh can't remember)

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[mongeshoei-bruno-]

Good morning, I'm a fan of your work. I'm Brazilian but I live in Japan now. I am a Zen Buddhist monk. I studied recorder in childhood and adolescence. Here I study Shakuhachi, Japanese flute. I returned my recorder studies thanks to your channel on youtube. Thank you!

[guygisborne]

It’s like that scene in Harry Potter where he’s choosing his wand...

[flutechannel]

Loved the guide! We gotta get into more recorder playing this fall! Thanks Sarah!

[johntisdell]

57 years old and staying home like everyone else on the planet.. what a better time to watch this video, get inspired and pick up a recorder again (after what 45 odd years!!)

[westsidebilling]

Sarah- You have the best quality info. on recorders of anyone. Most music shop clerks I spoke to don't know or care much about them. Thank You for all your help! - Bill from Seattle

[classicalmusiclover]

What I would love to know is the differences between Rottenburgh, Stanesby, Bressan, Steenburgen etc please. How are they different in build, design, how they play and so on. Many thanks for all your videos, you are an invaluable resource sent from recorder heaven!

[grerika]

Sarah, your videos are really helpful! Thank you!
I wish I would found your channel earlier... I just missed your recorder course. Would love to attend the next one or take lessons from you.

[aprilmunday]

I have a couple of recorders I wish I hadn't bought, but I'm learning to accept their limitations.

[joshvictor]

7:48 I wanna add that if you play low E(alto, hole 8 shaded) all the time, choose a recorder with a flat end D:

[Vhbaske]

You're so sweet to hear that you encourage playing the recorder!

[stevemartin]

Hi Sarah! I'm afraid I didn't find this all that helpful, because even if a store in my area had a good selection of recorders, I'm a bit of a shut-in and can't go shopping very easily.
The parts that were useful duplicated what you said in "Buying a (wooden) recorder". But I found THAT video extremely useful - based on what I saw and heard, I decided on a model and a wood - a Moeck Rottenburgh alto in maple. I'm in love with it - it sounds really great! I ordered it from Just Flutes in London (I'm in Canada).

[alexalbusissi]

hey, so nice to see the video so early :3

[Darkschewitsch]

Thank you Very much for all this infos! (I LOVE your accent! Greatings from Italy)

[robertstapleton]

Thanks for the video and your great enthusiasm for the instruments! I would only have enjoyed it more if you had played each of the instruments you held up to give us an idea of what the different ones sound like. You have definitely made owning one very appealing.

[waynesteffen]

How do the Hohner 9500 series wooden recorders stack up for the money? Maybe compared to the Yamaha 300 series plastic ones? Great videos!

[cynlee]

I'm teaching myself tenor recorder. I have an abs Yamaha and a cherry Zen-on. Got them both used and on the internet.

[TheNo]

Oh my God! Beautiful instrument... Oh I'm there again... Am I gonna buy a new instrument now? Or should I stick to learning the piano for now?!!

[johnedwinsnyder]

I really enjoy your channel. I am a lute / classical guitar player who is flirting with the idea of playing recorder. Very informative. Thank you and best wishes from Texas.

[mynvision]

I love those Dream recorders. I ended up getting a soprano and my partner, based on that soprano, got the alto, both in the plumwood. It made a difference for me with the wood, in sound and richness. Those are good, mid-range instruments, and I was lucky to be able to try and buy them locally. My Eagle Ganassi is my fave alto, but I do admit that the Eb alternate fingering plays sharp, halfway between E and Eb, and I have to add a finger for just that alto. Other than that, I'm happy with the instrument, but, yes, I neglected to test the alternate fingering when I purchased it.

Congratulations again on baby, and the new CD!

[adrianadeluca]

Thank you for this! I found it very useful.