Moeck, "Renaissance Consort", soprano in c'', baroque single hole, 1.5 oct. range, 442 Hz, maple g

The recorder with the article number: 8220-MOE made by Moeck is a companion that makes playing music fun again and again.
This characteristic is largely due to the special combination of the carefully considered design in combination with the sound characteristics of the maple material used.

This material fascinates with its special advantages. The features can be characterised as follows, whereby it is in the nature of things that sounds can only ever be inadequately described in words. For this reason, the typical sound of recorders is perceived and described by each person in slightly different ways: Maple: Warm and clear, somewhat 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 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.

For which musical styles is the recorder best suited?

Maple is predestined for recorders focussing on Renaissance and folk music, other styles are possible.

Who is this instrument aimed at?

This means that maple instruments are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. Another rule of thumb to bear in mind is that a better quality instrument is generally more enjoyable to play than a seemingly inexpensive bargain.

The windway of a recorder

The windway is the area in the head of the recorder where the musician's blowing air is moulded into a sheet of air. This air blade is the basis of the recorder's sound production. At the labium, the air blade creates the vibration that generates the flute sound. The shape of the windway is therefore one of the defining basic features for the variation possibilities of the available sound spectra of the instrument.

The windway of the Moeck 8220-MOE instrument is shaped as follows: curved, conical.
Conically shaped windways accelerate the air blade more than cylindrical ones.
Windways are of course extremely complex in their design and many parameters interact.

Fingering

The Moeck 8220-MOE instrument is made in the following fingering: Baroque single hole.

Construction of the body

The construction of an instrument has an extraordinary influence on the way in which the recorder can be handled easily and transported compactly during daily use.
This is particularly important when transporting larger or multiple instruments.
Just ask veteran ensemble leaders.

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 instrument is borrowed frequently, it is advisable to disinfect the windway regularly to prevent the transmission of diseases. The cleaning agent Flautisept has proven effective for cleaning. Flautisept is available in our collection. It works with the following surfaces:

1. Untreated wooden surfaces
2. Waxed surfaces
3. Lacquered surfaces
4. Lacquered surfaces
5. ABS plastics
6. Spirit-stained surfaces
7. RESONA
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 place the tone holes in places that are comfortable and easy to play with your fingers. For acoustic reasons, some tone holes on deep recorders in particular are not ergonomically accessible. On such instruments, keys are fitted by the instrument maker to make playing much easier or even possible in the first place.
The 8220-MOE instrument has the following keys: . This makes it remarkably easy to play, even for players with smaller hands.

Notes for the search for a new recorder

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