Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2006-08-07 19:38
I think that Yamaha makes its plastic soprano (and larger) recorders in three pieces. The wood-grain one I have is a 3-piece. Because the recorder is essentially a flute, it probably makes more sense to compare it's sections to those of a flute. The top section is the mouthpiece and corresponds to the head joint of a flute (or the mouthpiece and barrel on the clarinet). The middle section is the body and corresponds to the body of a flute or (roughly) to the upper and lower joints on the clarinet, minus the right hand cluster keys). The bottom section corresponds to the foot-joint of a flute (it has tone holes for the pinky) or roughly to the bell of a clarinet and section of the lower joint that has the right-hand cluster keys.
On the smaller recorders, the purpose of the sections is to allow for some tuning adjustments (and, perhaps to mimic the design of more expensive, good quality wooden instruments). Plastic alto recorders and smaller are usually stored fully assembled. Yamaha plastic sopraninos are two-piece (no separate foot joint) - similar, I think, to piccolos. The only garkleins (smallest of the recorders) I've seen were one-piece (about as much hope of tuning one of them as an eefer ).
Recorder is a natural doubling instrument for a flutist so your wife might find it fun to take up. And it might help greatly if she would get involved, even if only to play along on her flute. What will impress your son is the fact that, in the right hands, a recorder is a real musical instrument, not just a toy.
Weiner Music has very good prices on Yamaha recorders (and pictures).
http://www.weinermusic.com/
Best regards,
jnk
Post Edited (2006-08-07 19:40)
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