Küng, "Marsyas", soprano in c'', baroque double hole, grenadilla

The recorder with the model designation: 4307-MAR from the Marsyas workshop is a musical tool that is a joy to play every day.
The instrument owes this special feature mainly to the clever marriage of the ingenious design in combination with the tone colours of the grenadilla material used.

The material fascinates with its typical sound characteristics. The characteristics can best be described in the following words: Grenadilla: Clear, powerful sound rich in overtones. Very strong.

The scale

The inner bore of the recorder is slightly cylindroconical. This type of bore gives the model its typical sound.
In principle, instruments with a wider bore sound warmer, fuller, more fundamental and therefore more suitable for ensembles than recorders with a narrower inner bore.

For which music can the instrument be best used

Grenadilla is particularly suitable for instruments that are used in ensembles, in choral playing and as a solo instrument.

Who is this instrument aimed at?

It follows from the above that grenadilla recorders are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. An important basic rule is that a better quality instrument will in most cases make learning progress more enriching than a simple one.

The windway of the recorder

The windway is the area in the head of the instrument where the musician's breath is moulded into a thin sheet of air. This air blade is the basis of the recorder's sound production. In combination with the labium, this sheet of air creates the fundamental vibration that generates the flute sound. The shape of the windway is therefore extremely relevant for the recorder's range of musical expression.

The windway of the Marsyas 4307-MAR recorder is shaped as follows: curved, conical.
Conical windways accelerate the breath more than cylindrically shaped ones.
Windways are naturally very complex in their geometric design and many parameters play together.

Fingering

The Marsyas 4307-MAR recorder is made in the fingering: Baroque double hole.

Multi-piece construction

The construction of a recorder with multiple parts strongly influences the way in which the woodwind instrument is used, on the one hand making it easy to grip and on the other hand enabling it to be transported safely.
This is a point that should not be underestimated, especially when transporting larger (and sometimes several) instruments.
Directors of recorder orchestras know how useful good and compact recorder cases are. Provided the instruments can be disassembled into small pieces.

Packaging and accessories

The model is supplied as standard with a case and useful accessories: Wiper rod, cork grease, fingering chart, care instructions

Hygiene tips

If the recorder is used by several players, it is advisable to sterilise the blowing area repeatedly to keep it clean. In these cases, the care product Flautisept has proven its worth. Flautisept is available in our collection. It works with the following surfaces: Glazed surfaces, spirit-stained surfaces, RESONA, waxed surfaces, linseed oil surfaces, varnished surfaces, untreated wooden surfaces, ABS plastics However, to be on the safe side, test on an inconspicuous area before use to ensure that the product does not cause any adverse changes to your instrument.

Optional information on keys

It is not always possible to drill tone holes in places on the instrument that are easy to play with your fingers. For acoustic reasons, some tone holes on deep recorders in particular are not ergonomically accessible. Keys are fitted to such instruments to make playing much easier or even possible in the first place.
The 4307-MAR instrument has the following keys: . This means that it can also be played well by players with smaller hands.

Recommendations for finding a new instrument

How to find your new instrument easily
Inform yourself in detail!
However, don't let "generally applicable" rules such as "material xy doesn't work at all in an ensemble / for professionals" stop you from trying out a recorder yourself. Your musical perception is as unique as you are. Therefore, only you can decide for yourself which wind tunnel shape it reaches.
Our recommendation is therefore: play new shapes that you have never tried before. You can only gain new experiences.