Moeck, "Rottenburgh", bent tenor in c', baroque double hole, stained maple

The instrument with the model designation: 4451-MOE built by Moeck is a recorder that provides lasting playing pleasure.
The instrument owes this mainly to the skilful marriage of the special instrument model in symbiosis with the qualities of the maple material used.

This material impresses with its special advantages. The properties can be characterised as follows: Maple: Warm and clear, slightly thinner than pear wood.

The scale

The geometry of the inner bore of the instrument is slightly cylindroconical. 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 is the instrument best suited?

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

Who is this instrument aimed at?

The above facts show that maple instruments are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. Another generally applicable rule of thumb is that a better instrument generally makes learning progress more enjoyable than a supposedly cheaper one.

The windway of a recorder

The windway is the area in the head of the recorder where the air is moulded into a sheet of air. This air blade is the central starting point for the sound production of a recorder. In interaction with the labium, the vibration that generates the flute sound is created from this air blade. The shape of the windway is therefore one of the defining principles for the variation possibilities of the available sound spectra of the recorder.

The windway of the Moeck model 4451-MOE is shaped as follows: curved, conical.
Conical windways accelerate the air blade more than cylindrically shaped ones.
Windways are very complex in their design and many parameters play together.

Fingering

The Moeck 4451-MOE instrument is supplied in fingering: Baroque double hole.

Construction method

The number of parts in a woodwind instrument has a strong influence on the way in which the recorder is handled in terms of ease of use and transport.
A point that becomes particularly important when larger instruments or several instruments have to be taken along.
Directors of large ensembles know how useful good and compact recorder cases are. Provided the instruments can be easily disassembled.

Packaging and accessories

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

Hygiene tips

If the recorder is borrowed frequently, it is advisable to repeatedly disinfect the blowing area to ensure hygienic safety. Flautisept has proven to be a safe aid. Flautisept is available in our collection. It works with the following surfaces: Lacquered surfaces, spirit-stained surfaces, untreated wooden surfaces, varnished surfaces, RESONA, waxed surfaces, linseed oil surfaces, ABS plastics However, it is essential that you 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 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 bass 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 4451-MOE instrument has the following keys: . This makes it easy to play even for players with smaller hands.

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