Moeck, "Rottenburgh", tenor in c', baroque double hole, boxwood

The recorder with the article number: 4404-MOE from Moeck is a musical tool that is a joy to play every day.
This characteristic is due to the special marriage of the ingenious design in fine tuning with the advantages of the boxwood material used.

The material convinces with its typical qualities. The characteristics can best be described in the following words: Boxwood: Powerful, high-pitched sound.

The scale

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 bore.

What music can the instrument best be used for

Boxwood is predestined for instruments that are used in ensembles, in choral playing and as a solo instrument.

Who is this recorder aimed at?

It follows from the above that boxwood instruments are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. A rule of thumb worth noting is that a higher quality instrument will naturally make playing together more enriching than a seemingly inexpensive offering.

The windway of the 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 the defining element of a recorder's sound. In interaction with the labium, the air blade creates the fundamental vibration that generates the flute sound. The shape of the windway is therefore extremely important for the artistic usability of the recorder.

The windway of the Moeck 4404-MOE instrument is constructed as follows: Curved, conical.
Conical windways accelerate the breathing air more than cylindrically shaped ones.
Windways are extremely complex in their geometric design and many parameters are influenced by each other.

Fingering

The Moeck 4404-MOE recorder is supplied with the following fingering: Baroque double hole.

Construction of the body

The number of individual parts of a recorder characterises in many ways the way in which the woodwind instrument can be handled in terms of ease of assembly and compact transport.
This is a point that should not be underestimated, especially when transporting larger (and sometimes several) instruments.
Experienced ensemble players can tell you a thing or two about this.

Packaging and accessories

The recorder comes with a case and useful accessories as standard: Cleaning rod, drying cloth, cork grease, care instructions, fingering chart

Hygiene tips

If the recorder is shared, we recommend that you always clean the headjoint sterilely to prevent the transmission of diseases. Flautisept has proven its worth in these cases. You can find Flautisept in our collection. It works with the following surfaces:

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

However, before use, test on an inconspicuous area to ensure that the product does not leave any adverse changes on your instrument.

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. Especially on larger instruments, some tone holes are ergonomically inaccessible for acoustic reasons. On such instruments, keys are fitted by the instrument maker to make playing easier or even possible in the first place.
The 4404-MOE instrument has the following keys: . This means that it can also be played comfortably by players with smaller hands.

Advice for finding a new recorder

How to easily find your future instrument
Inform yourself in detail!
However, you should not be put off from playing a recorder yourself by "generally applicable" rules such as "material xy does not work at all in an ensemble / for professionals". Your musical sensitivity is as unique as you are. Therefore, only you can decide which instrument touches you personally.
Our recommendation is therefore: play different instruments that you have never tried before. You can only gain experience.