Yamaha, Alto in f', baroque double hole, 415 Hz, after Denner, boxwood

 Yamaha F-Alto, Boxwood
Baroque Doublehole, Item: YRA-901-YAM Natural, 415 Hz

This F-Alto recorder with the model number: YRA-901-YAM manufactured by Yamaha is a companion, the in daily use repeatedly can give fun.
This property is due to the careful merging of the groundbreaking form in combination with the advantages of the material Boxwood.

The material makes this instrument a strikingly pleasant singularity, by the own unique sound. The characteristics can described in the following words: very inadequately with words. Therefore the material typical sound of recorders is perceived and described by each person in details a bit varying. We say: Boxwood: Powerful sound, carrying in the treble.

The bore

The geometry of the inner bore of the recorder is light cylindroconical. This kind of bore course grants this model its tipically sound.
In principle, models with wider bore sound warmer, fuller, more fundamental and thus more suitable for ensembles than recorders with narrower inner bore.

For which music can this instrument best be used for?

Boxwood is wonderful for recorders used for: Ensemble, choral and solo performance.

To whom is this recorder addressed?

This means that recorders made of Boxwood are especially for ambitious amateurs and advanced players recommendable. A further to be heeded principle is that a demanding instrument makes the learning progress in most cases beautiful apparently low-cost offer.

The windway of a recorder

The windway is the area in the recorder head where the blowing air of the musician is formed into a sheet of air. This air leaf is of one of the most important elements of the instruments tone. In interaction with the labium, the air flow is very quickly alternately directed inwards and outwards. This swinging stream stimulates the air in the bore. And this is the origin of the recorder tone. This is the reason why the labium must never be damaged. The same rule applies to the windway. Otherwise suffer the variability of musical expressiveness of the recorder.

The windway of the instrument YRA-901-YAM of Yamaha has this windway shape: Curved, conical.
Conical shaped windways accelerate the air leaf more than cylindrical windways.
Never underestimate windway and labium! Their meaning for the voicing is complex in their geometric shaping. Damages here often lead to a total loss!

Fingerings

The model Yamaha YRA-901-YAM is offered in the following version: Baroque Doublehole .

Construction of the body

The number of components of an instrument shapes in many ways the way with which the recorder in use on the one hand is simple to handle in terms of easy gripping and on the other hand for the convenient transport.
A point that becomes especially important when larger or multiple instruments transported.
{Experienced ensemble players can tell you a thing or two about this. Or ask large playing circles.
Leaders of recorder orchestras know how useful good and compact recorder cases are.

Packaging and accessories

The recorder is offered as standard with:
The useful accessories included:

Advice on the way to new recorders

Get expert advice!
The search for your new instrument should in no case be influenced by "generally accepted" rules.
Get your own realizations after playing a recorder. Don't let "well-meaning" advice.
Do not let others stop you from trying a unkown recorder model.
Your taste is as individual as you are.
Therefore, only you can decide which construction will personally achieve.
Our recommendation is therefore: Play new brands!
After that you will be amazed and can make a confident decision.

Information about instruments with keys

Not always can tone holes be placed in places in the that are easy and pleasant to grasp with the fingers. Especially with larger instruments sit for acoustic reasons tone holes ergonomically not to reach. On these instruments, keys are added, which make gripping easier, or possible in the first place.
This allows it to be {pleasant|light|ergonomic|conspicuous|above average| good grip even by players with smaller hands.
The instrument YRA-901-YAM has the following flaps: