minstrel: cheap loaners recorders

[David Parish-Whittaker]

>From: toni seales <antoniadg at yahoo.com>
>To: minstrel at pbm.com
>Subject: minstrel: cheap loaners recorders
>Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 20:33:19 -0800 (PST)
>
>If you can locate someone involved in music education,
>they have access to special sources.
>Most would agree-better to get a decent plastic
>recorder than a cheap wooden one.


I'll have to disagree to a certain extant.  For practice at home or away 
form reenactment events, absolutely, get a good sub-$20 plastic recorder, 
learn to play and then buy a decent recorder later.  But I don't think we 
should encourage plastic instruments at events-  our renaissance ancestors 
certainly had wooden recorders of various degrees of quality, but I don't 
think there's any extant pre-17th century plastic recorders.

Again, I'm just talking about events here.  Away from events, I don't care.  
In fact, I'd rather hear (for example) a well played oboe do a renaissance 
piece than a struggling doubler on a cheap shawm.

BTW, there are decent wooden recorders out there for under $50.  Our local 
music store stocks several.  It's essential when you buy to bring along a 
good recorder player to try them out.

For you transverse flute wonks, Sweethart sells a very accurate straight 
bore renaissance fife for $35.  Very easy to play, keyed to D.  
Unfortuantely, the F natural is a bit unstable, but for that price what do 
you want?

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