Moeck, "Steenbergen", soprano in c'', baroque double hole, 415 Hz, boxwood

The recorder with the model number: 5214-MOE made by Moeck is a companion that makes music fun both in the classroom and on stage.
This special feature is due to the clever combination of the pioneering construction concept with the expressive possibilities of the boxwood material used.

This material fascinates with its special advantages. The special features can be summarised as follows: Boxwood: powerful, high-pitched sound.

The scale

The geometry of the inner bore of the recorder is slightly cylindroconical. 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.

For which musical styles can the instrument be best used?

Boxwood is predestined for instruments that focus on baroque music, other styles are possible.

Who is this instrument aimed at?

The above facts show that boxwood recorders are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. It is also worth noting that a more sophisticated instrument naturally makes learning more enjoyable than a supposedly cheaper one.

The windway of the recorder

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

The windway of the Moeck 5214-MOE instrument is shaped as follows: curved, conical.
Conical windways accelerate the breath more than cylindrical ones.
Due to their geometric shape, windways are extremely complex and many parameters influence each other.

Fingering

The Moeck 5214-MOE recorder is supplied in the following fingering: Baroque double hole.

Construction of the body

The number of parts in a recorder fundamentally determines the way in which the woodwind instrument is handled in terms of ease of assembly and compact transport.
This is particularly important when larger instruments or several instruments need to be transported.
Experienced ensemble players can tell you a thing or two about this.

Packaging and accessories

The instrument 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, you should consider sterilising the beak area regularly to ensure that it is hygienically safe. Flautisept has proven to be a good disinfectant for this purpose. Flautisept is available in our collection. It works with the following surfaces:

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

However, it is essential that you test the product on an inconspicuous area before use to ensure that it 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 of the instrument that are easy and comfortable to play with your fingers. For acoustic reasons, some tone holes on bass instruments in particular are not ergonomically accessible. Keys are fitted to such instruments to make playing much easier or even possible in the first place.
The 5214-MOE instrument has the following keys: . This means that it can also be played with above-average ease by players with smaller hands.

Notes on finding a new instrument

How to find your future instrument
Seek expert advice!
However, you should not let the opinions of "self-proclaimed experts" put you off testing a recorder yourself. Your taste is as unique as you are. Therefore, only you can decide for yourself which instrument tempts you to play "endlessly".
Our recommendation is therefore: play unknown manufacturers that you have not yet tried out. You can only win.