Dolmetsch, "Conservatoire", tenor in c', baroque double hole, pear

 Dolmetsch Tenor, Pearwood
Baroque Doublehole, Item: T 8140-DOL Natural, 442 Hz

The recorder with the article number: T 8140-DOL built by Dolmetsch is a musical tool, that in daily use new can make joy.
This peculiarity is due to the masterful merging of the special design in interplay with the advantages of the material Pearwood.

This material creates in the instrument a strikingly pleasant uniqueness, by its materialtypical characteristics. The special qualities can be characterized so, whereas it is in the nature of things that sounds can always be described very inadequately with words. Therefore the sound of recorders is perceived and described by each person inthe details a bit uniquely. We say: Pearwood: Soft, choral sound. Suitable for playing in a group

The bore

The course of the inner bore of the instrument is light cylindroconical. This kind of bore shape grants the instrument this tipically tone.
In principle, recorders with wider bore sound warmer, fuller, more fundamental and thus more suitable for ensembles than instruments with narrower inner bore.

For what styles can the recorder be used for?

Pearwood is greatly suitable for woodwinds used for: focus on choral playing, recorder ensembles and orchestras, other styles are possible.

To whom is this recorder addressed?

This means that instruments made of Pearwood are especially for ambitious amateurs and advanced players suitable. A second principle is that a quality instrument makes the interaction naturally enriching than a low-quality low-cost bargain.

The windway of a recorder

The windway is the area in the head of the instrument where the breath of the musician is formed into a thin sheet of air. This air leaf is the central starting point of the recorders sound. At the labium, the air stream is very quickly alternately directed inwards and outwards. This swinging flow stimulates the air in the bore. This is the origin of the recorder sound. This is the reason why the labium must not be damaged in any case. The same applies to the windway. Otherwise suffer the influenceability of the available sounds of the instrument.

The windway of the instrument T 8140-DOL of Dolmetsch has this windway shape: Curved, conical.
Conical windways accelerate breathing air more than cylindrical shaped windways.
Never violate windway and labium! Their meaning for the recorder is uncommon complex in their design. Damages here often lead to a total loss!

Fingerings

The model Dolmetsch T 8140-DOL is delivered in the following version: Baroque Doublehole .

Construction

The number of individual parts of an instrument influences in many ways the way the recorder in daily use on the one hand is simple to handle in terms of easy gripping and on the other hand for the compact transport.
A point that becomes especially important when larger or multiple instruments be.
{Experienced ensemble players can tell you a thing or two about this. Or ask leaders of recorder ensembles.
Leaders of large ensembles know how useful good and compact recorder cases are.

Packaging and accessories

The instrument is offered as standard with: Bag
The matching accessories included: Wiper rod, drying cloth, pivot grease, care instructions, fingering chart

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Information about instruments with keys

Not always can the tone holes be drilled in the places in the body that are easy and convenient to reach with the fingers. Especially with bass recorders sit for acoustic necessities some tone holes ergonomically not to reach. On such instruments, keys are added, which make gripping expressed easier, or possible in the first place.
This allows it to be {pleasant|light|ergonomic|conspicuous|above average| good play even by players with smaller hands.
The instrument T 8140-DOL has the following flaps: