Küng, "SUPERIO", alto in f', baroque double hole, rosewood

The recorder with the model designation: 2406-KUE built by Küng is a musical tool that is always fun to use in lessons and on stage.
This special feature is due to the masterful combination of the pioneering design and the sound characteristics of the rosewood material used.

The material fascinates with its typical sound characteristics. The special features can be characterised in this way, whereby it is in the nature of things that sounds can only ever be inadequately described with words. For this reason, each person will perceive and describe the details of the typical material sound of recorders a little differently: Rosewood: Very noble, pithy sound.

The scale

The geometry of the inner bore of the instrument 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.

For which musical styles is the recorder best suited?

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

Who is this recorder aimed at?

This means that rosewood recorders are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. An additional rule worth noting is that a higher-quality instrument naturally makes music-making more enjoyable than a poor-quality one.

The windway of a recorder

The windway is the area in the instrument headjoint where the air is moulded into a sheet of air. This sheet of air is the determining element in the sound production of the instrument. At the labium, the leaf of air produces the vibration that generates the flute sound. The shape of the windway is therefore extremely important for the variation possibilities of the available sound spectra of the recorder.

The windway of the Küng 2406-KUE recorder is shaped as follows: curved, conical.
Conical windways accelerate the breath more than cylindrically shaped ones.
Windways are complex in their design and many parameters influence each other.

Fingering

The Küng 2406-KUE instrument is made in fingering: Baroque double hole.

Multi-part construction

The way a recorder is constructed influences in many ways the way in which it is used on a daily basis, on the one hand making it easy to assemble 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.
Leaders of large playing groups will agree with us.

Packaging and accessories

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

Hygiene tips

If the recorder is lent out from time to time, we recommend that you sterilise the beak area again and again to keep it clean. Flautisept has proven to be a convenient but safe cleaning agent. You can find Flautisept in our collection. It works with the following surfaces: Untreated wooden surfaces, varnished surfaces, RESONA, ABS plastics, varnished surfaces, linseed oil surfaces, waxed surfaces, spirit-stained surfaces However, before using Fautisept, test it on an inconspicuous area to ensure that it does not cause discolouration on your recorder.

Optional information on keys

It is not always possible to place the tone holes in places in the instrument body that are easy to reach with your fingers. For acoustic reasons, some tone holes on low instruments in particular are not ergonomically accessible. On these instruments, keys are fitted by the instrument maker to make playing much easier or even possible in the first place.
The 2406-KUE instrument has the following keys: . This means that it can also be played well by players with smaller hands.

Recommendations for finding a new recorder

The easiest way to find your next instrument
Inform yourself in detail!
However, you should never let the opinions of "self-appointed experts" put you off playing an instrument yourself. Your musical sensibilities are as unique as you are. Therefore, only you can decide which instrument concept suits you best.
Our recommendation is therefore: play different construction concepts that you have not yet tried out. You can only gain experience.