Modern Alto with F-foot and double key F/F#, ebony 
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Harmonic Recorders:
Mollenhauer & Nik Tarasov/Joachim Paetzold

 

Forceful and assertive

 

Choose the voicing of your Modern Alto

’Voicing‘: the fine adjustment of block and windway allowing the recorder maker elemantary decisions about sound and function of the instrument.

 

Baroque voicing – baroque sound

·         full, complete and noble with a forceful sound that is even asserting in playing together with modern orchestra instruments

·         2.5 octaves tone range with easy attack

 

Modern voicing – modern sound

·         forceful, assertive and distinctive – a sound with a completely own character!

·         almost three octaves tone range! Well-balanced smooth attack and a lucid and brilliant sound up to the extreme high level.

 

sound file: baroques voicing

sound file: modern voicing

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From the joint development between the recorder player Nik Tarasov and the recorder maker Joachim Paetzold the Modern Alto Recorder emerged in 1996. This is the first recorder that is constructed after the principle of Harmonic Recorders with pure overtones and a long mensur: Overblowing the recorder grasping the first octave the pure overtones sound whereas doing so with traditional recorders the overtones appear impure and can only be used as trill or piano fingerings.

This ability of the harmonic recorder appearing unimpressive at first sight has got wide consequences to the opportunities this instrument has got – an outstanding forceful and sturdy depth and a tone range widely into the 3rd octave!

 

Forceful and assertive: With this sound you can assert yourself in playing together with modern orchestra instruments or the piano. Whatever you do, playing in a pop, jazz or folk band, with a string orchestra or a piano trio – this recorder will never be missed!

 

The dynamic range gets over the restrictions of traditional recorders: an incredibly forceful sound in the depth and intermediate, soft-playing in the high tone range without difficulties are possible. Just give rein to your musicality!

 

The easy attack, chromatic flexibility and the enormous tone range are going beyond widely over the traditional examples and invite you to seize literature for other instruments to the recorder.

 

A tone range into the 3rd octave:
Expansion of your repertoire into all areas and styles (for example flute literature).

 

Familiar fingering

With the Modern Soprano and Alto you use the familiar ’baroque fingering‘. Accessing the 3rd octave other fingerings are necessary.

 

SYNPOR block: stability in continuous use:

The molecular structure of wood imitating plastic Synpor is similar to cedar and can absorb respiration humidity through its micropores. In opposite to the traditional block material cedar can not swell so that the block keeps its dimensions even after long sessions.

 

 

Guarantee:

2 years guarantee – a deal without any risk

 

Fingering chart

Download a fingering chart