Moeck, "Renaissance Consort", bass in f, Renaissance fingering, 1.5 oct. range, stained maple

The recorder with the model number: 8521-MOE made by Moeck is an instrument that is fun to play every day.
This is due to the clever composition of the pioneering model in symbiosis with the qualities of the maple material used.

This material impresses with the instrument's special advantages. The special features can be characterised as follows: Maple: Warm and clear, slightly thinner than pear wood.

The scale

The inner bore of the recorder is slightly cylindroconical and wider on average. 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 scale.

For which musical styles can the instrument be best used?

Maple is particularly suitable for instruments focussing on Renaissance and folk music, other styles are possible.

Who is this recorder aimed at?

This means that maple recorders are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. Another important rule is that a better instrument naturally makes learning progress easier than one of inferior quality.

The windway of a recorder

The windway is the area in the head of the instrument where the musician's blowing air is moulded into a sheet of air. This air blade is the nucleus of a recorder's sound. At the labium, the air blade produces the fundamental vibration that generates the flute sound. The shape of the windway is therefore very influential for the instrument's range of musical expression.

The windway of the Moeck 8521-MOE instrument is shaped as follows: curved, conical.
Conically shaped windways accelerate the breath more than cylindrical ones.
Windways are naturally very complex in their design and many parameters are influenced by each other.

Fingering

The Moeck 8521-MOE instrument is supplied in fingering: Renaissance fingering.

Construction of the body

The number of components of a recorder has an extraordinary influence on the way in which the woodwind instrument can be handled easily and transported safely during daily use.
A point that becomes particularly important when larger instruments or several instruments are to be taken along.
Recorder ensemble leaders will agree with us.

Packaging and accessories

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

Hygiene tips

If the recorder is shared, you should consider disinfecting the headjoint if necessary to prevent the transmission of diseases. Flautisept has proven to be an effective disinfectant. You can find Flautisept in our collection. It works with the following surfaces:

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

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 recorder.

Optional information on keys

It is not always possible to drill tone holes in places on the instrument that are comfortable and easy to play with your fingers. For acoustic reasons, some tone holes on larger 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 8521-MOE instrument has the following keys: 1-fold foot key. This makes it remarkably easy to play, even for players with smaller hands.

Notes on finding a new instrument

How to easily find your future instrument
Seek expert advice!
However, under no circumstances should you allow yourself to be deterred from trying out an instrument yourself by "generally applicable" rules such as "brand xy doesn't work at all in ensembles / for professionals". Your musical sensitivity is as unique as you are. Therefore, only you can decide which recorder suits you best.
Our recommendation is therefore: try out different instruments that you have never tested before. You can only gain experience.