[MR] Plastic Renaissance style recorder

[Barbara]

Hi. Thanks for sharing this.  I hadn't noticed Mollenhauer selling plastic
yet.  I guess I haven't gone trolling for new instruments for a while.
(Have plenty already, but new ones always want to come home with me.)

I would trust Mollenahuer to build a good instrument.  I have tended to also
be VERY impressed with the woodgrain plastic recorders by Yamaha.  

If anyone out there is considering new instruments, please please please
know that a good plastic recorder is far better than a low-end wood
recorder.  Low-end wood recorders are usually out of tune with themselves.
This means that if you're a new player and can't react quickly to adjust
your tuning note by note, you may always sound "wrong" because of the poor
instrument intonation.  It can be very discouraging! The good woodgrain
recorders are inexpensive with good tone and excellent intonation. They also
travel better in temperature extremes. I highly recommend them.
Anne

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From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Marybeth Lavrakas
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 12:23 PM
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: [MR] Plastic Renaissance style recorder


I recently purchased a plastic "Dream" soprano wide bore recorder made by
Mollenhauer. It's very inexpensive ($25) and plays decently, and is
available with both single and double holes. I broke down and bought it
because I got tired of waiting to get a good deal on a Renaissance style
recorder on ebay, and it just makes me twitchy to play plastic recorders
that look so obviously OOP as the standard baroque. So I'm passing on the
info...unfortunately, the company is currently only offering the soprano in
plastic, but their "Dream" renaissance recorders in wood are significanly
less expensive than Kynsekers et al.

Kateryn Rous
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