Moeck, "Hotteterre", tenor in c'. baroque double hole, 415 Hz, boxwood antique stained

The recorder with the model number: 5456-MOE from the Moeck workshop is a recorder that is always fun to play.
The instrument owes this fact mainly to the clever marriage of the carefully considered model design in symbiosis with the qualities of the boxwood material used.

This material impresses with its special advantages. The special features can best be described in the following words: Boxwood: Powerful, high-pitched sound.

The scale

The geometry of the inner bore of the recorder is cylindroconical and very wide. 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 inner bore.

What music is the recorder best suited to?

Boxwood is predestined for recorders focussing on baroque music, other styles are possible.

Who is the instrument aimed at?

This means that boxwood instruments are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. An additional rule of thumb is that a higher-quality instrument generally makes playing more enriching than a seemingly inexpensive bargain.

The windway of a recorder

The windway is the area in the head of the recorder where the musician's blowing air is moulded into a thin sheet of air. This air blade is the determining element in the sound production of the instrument. In interaction with the labium, the air blade creates the vibration that generates the flute sound. The shape of the windway is therefore one of the defining principles for the response and sound of the recorder.

The windway of the Moeck model 5456-MOE is constructed as follows: Curved, conical.
Conically shaped windways accelerate the breathing air more than cylindrical ones.
Windways are complex in their design and many parameters influence each other.

Fingering

The Moeck 5456-MOE recorder is supplied in the following fingering: Baroque double hole.

Multiple parts

The number of components of a musical instrument strongly influences the way in which the recorder is handled in terms of ease of assembly on the one hand and compact transport on the other.
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 model is supplied as standard with a leather-covered case and the appropriate accessories: Cleaning rod, drying cloth, cork grease, care instructions, fingering chart

Hygiene tips

If the recorder is shared, you should consider disinfecting the beak area if necessary to prevent the transmission of diseases. Flautisept has proven effective for disinfection in these cases. Flautisept is available in our collection. It works with the following surfaces:

• Untreated wooden surfaces
• Waxed surfaces
• Lacquered surfaces
• Spirit-stained surfaces
• Linseed oil surfaces
• Glazed surfaces
• ABS plastics
• RESONA

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

Optional information on keys

It is not always possible to place tone holes in places that are comfortable and easy to play with your fingers. For acoustic reasons, some tone holes are ergonomically inaccessible, especially on low recorders. Keys are fitted to these instruments to make playing much easier or even possible in the first place.
The instrument 5456-MOE has the following keys: 2-fold foot flap. This means that it can also be played comfortably by players with smaller hands.

Tips for finding a new recorder

How to find your new instrument safely
Ask people you know!
However, you should never let the opinions of "self-appointed experts" put you off playing an instrument yourself. Your taste is as unique as you are. Therefore, only you can decide which construction method suits you best.
Our recommendation is therefore: test unknown materials that you may never have tried before. You can't lose anything, you can only gain new experiences.