Moeck, "Rottenburgh", sopranino in f'', baroque double hole, boxwood

The recorder with the article number: 4104-MOE from the Moeck workshop is a recorder that provides lasting fun when playing.
This is mainly due to the clever combination of the pioneering instrument model in symbiosis with the sound characteristics of the boxwood material used.

The unique qualities of the material used for this instrument are strikingly impressive. The features can be characterised as follows: Boxwood, European: Very fine, powerful sound. Very carrying.

The scale

The geometry of the inner bore of the instrument is slightly cylindroconical. This type of bore gives the model its typical sound.
In principle, instruments with a wider bore sound warmer, fuller, more fundamental and therefore more suitable for ensembles than recorders with a narrower scale.

What music is the recorder best suited to?

Boxwood is particularly suitable for recorders that are used in ensembles, in choral playing and as a solo instrument.

Who is the instrument aimed at?

This means that boxwood recorders are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. Another rule is that a more sophisticated instrument naturally makes music-making more enriching than a poor one.

The windway of the recorder

The windway is the area in the recorder head where the musician's breath is moulded into a thin sheet of air. This air blade is the nucleus of the instrument's sound production. In interaction with the labium, this air blade creates the vibration that generates the flute sound. The shape of the windway is therefore extremely important for the musical formability of the instrument's achievable sounds.

The windway of the Moeck model 4104-MOE is constructed as follows: Curved, conical.
Conically shaped windways accelerate the air blade more than cylindrical ones.
Windways are complex in their geometric shape and many parameters interact.

Fingering

The Moeck 4104-MOE instrument is offered in fingering: Baroque double hole.

Multiple parts

The number of individual parts of a woodwind instrument strongly influences the way in which the recorder is handled in terms of ease of grip and safe transport.
This is particularly important when larger instruments or several instruments are to be taken along.
Directors of recorder orchestras know how useful good and compact recorder cases are. Provided the instruments can be disassembled into small pieces.

Packaging and accessories

The instrument is supplied as standard with a case and the appropriate accessories: Cleaning rod, drying cloth, cork grease, care instructions, fingering chart

Hygiene tips

If the recorder is lent out from time to time, it is advisable to sterilise the windway if necessary for your own protection. Flautisept has proven to be a reliable aid here. Flautisept is available in our collection. It works with the following surfaces:

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

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

Optional information on keys

It is not always possible to place tone holes in places that are comfortable and easy to reach with your fingers. Especially on larger instruments, some tone holes are not ergonomically accessible for acoustic reasons. Keys are fitted to these instruments to make playing much easier or even possible in the first place.
The 4104-MOE instrument has the following keys: . This means that it can also be played with above-average ease by players with smaller hands.

Recommendations for finding a new instrument

How to find your next instrument easily
Ask people you know!
But don't let "generally applicable" rules, such as "brand xy doesn't work at all in ensembles / for professionals", stop you from trying out an instrument yourself. Your musical sensitivity is as unique as you are. Therefore, only you can decide which instrument suits you.
Our recommendation is therefore: Try new brands that you have not yet tested. You can't lose anything, you can only gain experience.