Küng, "STUDIO", soprano in c'', baroque double hole, maple

The recorder with the model designation: 1302-KUE built by Küng is an instrument that can always be fun to play.
This characteristic is largely due to the skilful combination of the unique design with the expressive possibilities of the maple material used.

The material fascinates with its typical sound characteristics. The special characteristics can be summarised as follows: Maple: Warm and clear, slightly thinner than pear wood.

The scale

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

Which musical styles are best suited to the recorder

Maple is particularly suitable for instruments that are used in the.

Who is the instrument aimed at?

As a result, maple recorders are particularly suitable for beginners. A rule of thumb is that a better instrument usually makes making music less complicated than a bad one.

The windway of a recorder

The windway is the area in the instrument headjoint where the musician's blowing air is moulded into a sheet of air. This air blade is one of the most important elements of the instrument's sound. In interaction with the labium, this air blade creates the vibration that generates the flute sound. The shape of the windway is therefore extremely relevant for the recorder's ability to create music.

The windway of the Küng 1302-KUE recorder is shaped as follows: straight, conical.
Conical windways accelerate the breath more than cylindrical ones.
Windways are extremely complex in their geometric shape and many parameters interact.

Fingering

The Küng 1302-KUE recorder is made in the following fingering: Baroque double hole.

Construction method

The number of individual parts of a musical instrument has an extraordinary influence on the way in which the recorder can be handled in terms of ease of assembly on the one hand and safe transport on the other.
This is a point that should not be underestimated, especially when transporting larger (and sometimes multiple) instruments.
Leaders of large playing groups will agree with us.

Packaging and accessories

The recorder comes with a bag and the appropriate accessories as standard: Wiper stick, fingering chart, care instructions

Hygiene tips

If the instrument is borrowed frequently, we recommend that you repeatedly disinfect the headjoint to prevent the transmission of diseases. Flautisept has proven to be a good cleaning agent. You can find Flautisept in our collection. It works with the following surfaces:

1. Lacquered surfaces
2. Lacquered surfaces
3. Linseed oil surfaces
4. Waxed surfaces
5. Spirit stained surfaces
6. RESONA
7. ABS plastics
8. Untreated wood surfaces

However, before use, test on an inconspicuous area to ensure that Fautisept does not cause any discolouration 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 reach with your fingers. For acoustic reasons, some tone holes on low instruments 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 1302-KUE instrument has the following keys: . This means that it can also be played ergonomically by players with smaller hands.

Recommendations for finding a new recorder

How to easily find a future instrument
Inform yourself in detail!
However, you should not let "generalised" rules stop you from playing an instrument yourself. Your musical sensibilities are as unique as you are. Therefore, only you can decide which construction method suits you personally.
Our recommendation is therefore: play different brands that you may not have tried before. You can only win.