The recorder with the model designation: 707-HUB from the Huber workshop is a companion that provides lasting enjoyment both in the classroom and on stage. This characteristic is due to the masterful marriage of the ingenious design in fine tuning with the tone colours of the pear wood used. This material fascinates with its special advantages. The characteristics can be roughly summarised as follows, although it is in the nature of things that sounds can only ever be described very inadequately in words. This is why the sound of recorders, which is typical of the material, is perceived and described slightly differently by each person: Pear: Soft, choral sound. Suitable for playing in a group. The scale The inner bore of the instrument 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. What music can the recorder be used for? Birnbaum is ideally suited to instruments that are used in the Renaissance and folk genres, although other styles are possible. Who is the instrument aimed at? This means that pearwood instruments are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. Another generally applicable rule of thumb is that a better quality instrument will in most cases make music-making less complicated than a cheaper one. The windway of the recorder The windway is the area in the head of the recorder where the air is moulded into a sheet of air. This air sheet is the basis of the recorder's sound. At the labium, the leaf of air produces the fundamental vibration that generates the flute sound. The shape of the windway is therefore one of the defining principles for the variability of the recorder's musical expression. The windway of the Huber model 707-HUB is shaped as follows: Straight cylindrical.Conically shaped windways accelerate the air blade more than cylindrical ones. Windways are extremely complex in their design and many parameters interact. Fingering The Huber 707-HUB instrument is offered in fingering: Baroque double hole. Multiple parts The number of components of a recorder influences in many ways the way in which it can be handled in terms of ease of grip and compact transport during daily use. This is particularly important when larger instruments or several instruments have to be taken along. Just ask veteran ensemble leaders. Packaging and accessories The model is supplied as standard with a bag and the appropriate accessories: Cleaning rod, drying cloth, cork grease, care instructions, fingering chart Hygiene tips If the recorder is shared, we recommend that you sterilise the windway at regular intervals for your own protection. Flautisept has proven effective for cleaning in these cases. You can find Flautisept in our collection. It works with the following surfaces: Linseed oil surfacesWaxed surfacesGlazed surfacesLacquered surfacesSpirit stained surfacesABS plasticsRESONAUntreated wood surfaces To be on the safe side, test on an inconspicuous area before use to ensure that Fautisept does not cause any adverse changes to your recorder. Optional information on keys It is not always possible to drill tone holes in places in the body that are easy to play with your fingers. For acoustic reasons, some tone holes on bass 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 707-HUB instrument has the following keys: . This means that it can also be played comfortably by players with smaller hands. Recommendations for finding a new instrument How to easily find your next instrument Find out all you can! But don't let prevailing opinions put you off playing a recorder yourself. Your taste is as unique as you are. Therefore, only you can decide for yourself which wind tunnel shape tempts you to "endless music-making". Our recommendation is therefore: test new construction concepts that you may not have tried before. You can only gain new experience.