New year, new instrument...
I got this yesterday from The Early Music Shop. Its a type of recorder, but one that has not been seen before. Its basically a tenor recorder in an alto recorder body. Its small and light and achieves its small size through magic and witchcraft. Basically the internal bore is convoluted, rather than just being a tube, allowing them to produce a big instrument in a small body.
This seems like a new idea but its been around since the renaissance, when Table Recorders were made. They were small and fat cylinders that sounded very deep. The bore of those instruments consisted of tight loops. Like a switchback road.
Anyway here it is. I just need time to get to know it.
