Küng, "Marsyas", tenor in c', baroque double hole, pearwood stained

The instrument with the article number: 4511-MAR from Marsyas is a companion that makes music fun both in the classroom and on stage.
The instrument owes this mainly to the clever marriage of the ingenious model in symbiosis with the tone colours of the pear wood material used.

This material convinces with its typical advantages. The special features can be summarised as follows: Pear wood: Soft, choral sound. Suitable for playing in a group.

The scale

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

What music is the recorder best suited to?

Pearwood is ideal for instruments that are used in ensembles, in choral playing and as a solo instrument.

Who is this instrument aimed at?

This means that pearwood instruments are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. Another generally applicable rule of thumb is that a better instrument naturally makes learning progress easier than a supposedly cheaper one.

The windway of the recorder

The windway is the area in the head of the recorder where the musician's breath is moulded into a thin sheet of air. This sheet of air is the basis of the instrument's sound. In interaction with the labium, the vibration that fundamentally generates the flute tone is created from this air blade. The shape of the windway is therefore one of the defining characteristics for the range of musical expressiveness of the recorder.

The windway of the Marsyas 4511-MAR instrument is constructed as follows: Curved, conical.
Conical windways accelerate the breathing air more than cylindrically shaped ones.
Windways are very complex in their design and many parameters interact.

Fingering

The Marsyas 4511-MAR model is manufactured in the following fingering: Baroque double hole.

Construction of the body

The construction of a recorder has an extraordinary influence on the way in which it is used on a daily basis, on the one hand making it easy to hold and on the other hand enabling compact transport.
This is a point that should not be underestimated, especially when transporting larger (and sometimes several) instruments.
Recorder choir directors know how useful good and compact recorder bags are. Provided the instruments can be easily disassembled.

Packaging and accessories

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

Hygiene tips

If the recorder is frequently lent out, we recommend that you repeatedly disinfect the windway to prevent the transmission of diseases. Flautisept has proven to be a convenient but safe cleaning agent in such cases. You can find Flautisept in our collection. It works with the following surfaces: Spirit-stained surfaces, linseed oil surfaces, varnished surfaces, untreated wooden surfaces, RESONA, waxed surfaces, varnished surfaces, ABS plastics However, to be on the safe side, test the product on an inconspicuous area before use to ensure that it does not leave any adverse effects on your recorder.

Optional information on keys

It is not always possible to place tone holes in places in the body that are easy and comfortable to play with your fingers. Particularly on low instruments, tone holes are not ergonomically accessible for acoustic reasons. Keys are fitted to these instruments to make playing much easier or even possible in the first place.
The 4511-MAR instrument has the following keys: . This makes it easy to play even for players with smaller hands.

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