The modern Eagle Alto Recorder

film by Daniël Brüggen

[@mid9moth]

Rest in Peace, Mrs. Breukink. 💔 You were gone too soon

[@thaaohanshew5458]

"It's still 400g less than a clarinet, so don't complain." lol! I want one of these

[@sharichowparry]

Rest in Peace, Ms Breukink. Thank you for your wonderful contributions to the world of recorder playing. May you sing and play with the heavenly angels.

[@timothytikker1147]

"Should the modern treble recorder prove too soft for a modern festival orchestra, then let somebody remodel it to be louder, as has been done with every other woodwind instrument in the course of the last one hundred and fifty years." (Anthony Baines, "Woodwind Instruments and Their History," third edition 1967, p. 75). When I first read that many years ago, I wondered when his suggestion would be realized. Now it has happened!

[@luckybarrel7829]

Please please please make one in ABS Resin for us peasants!!! You'll be blown by the sales! I guarantee!

[@petercane6376]

Yes. Peasant rule! Please make a plastic peasant version for the absolute Plebians.

[@luckybarrel7829]

@@petercane6376 She passed away recently RIP Adriana

[@marshallee]

I hope other people continue with the development and later we can have one of this in plastic or resin with a metal labia. RIP Adriana Breukink

[@WolfyGreen]

As a whistle player who also uses recorders for 'slow airs' in the Scottish and Irish traditions I'm intrigued by this development. A flowering and liberation of the dynamic range is a marvellous extension of an already fascinating instrument.

[@Frederer59]

If she keeps going she'll reinvent the saxophone.😉 This is a historic contribution. Btw, I heard an eagle with vibrato-free soprano saxophone doing 15th century music. Perfect balance in volume and clarity.

[@MsBettyRubble]

You are a goddess for designing this.

[@pierrebidkhanian3135]

I think Sarah Jeffery wants to borrow one of your flutes to play with it (: she's really great and you are too

[@mdlkpprophecy6341]

Hrak Abril team recorder :-)

[@1hungryBo1]

Hrak Abril SARAAAAAAH!! I LOVE HER VIDS SO MUCH!!!

[@eajun1787]

Team recorder here~♡

[@bukococonut]

Beautiful 🙂

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

Beautiful tone!

[@belpberg1]

never heard before, but really very interesting! I like the "strong" sound:) thanks for posting

[@jellyfish501]

wow! excellent design I would love to hear more of that I am making flutes for some time, and just starting to make my first recorder I was thinking about the fact that since the bore is conical the lower notes are weaker and thought about making a sopran recorder with a straight bore This Recorder looks amazing. like a real upgrade for modern music!

[@LarryShone]

Nice instrument!

[@siyotanka4you]

Jetzt weiss ich, was mich an den "normalen" Blockflöten immer gestört hat und woran dies möglicherweise lag. Sehr interessant lG von Siyotanka

[@c_farther5208]

wish you would have played something for us to hear it better. Wonderful instrument.

[@madeleinejane7186]

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[@1967noam]

"wish you would have played something for us to hear it better"

[@madeleinejane7186]

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[@RosssRoyce]

Absolutely amazing concept and sound! You should make the labium with two metal plates that change slightly angle, regulated by a little screw at the side of the recorder head-for different overtone according to the repertoire ;P Cheers

[@jero2955]

Hi sir, could you explain this further? Thank you

[@RosssRoyce]

@@jero2955 hi, I think (if I remember my idea correctly 😝) I meant two plates that have a common edge, the edge that produces the sound, yet their angle could vary all while keeping the touch at this common edge. Like this the angle could be more steep or more slender. This would produce any desired sound style. If this is done only one plate needs to move.

[@tapsarautanen]

Any comparison with the Helder recorder by Mollenhauer? They look very similar but the labium and block are different.

[@Oaktreealley]

Neat!

[@davidsullivan102]

Its now December 2017, your website is not working. Hope this is temporary. I'm in the US of A.

[@xarv368]

Kung sells the previous version of this recorder Alto for $2500! I imagine that the Eagle version will cost more 😯😯😯😯😯

[@skyfacer9626]

No doubt it costs a small fortune. When are they going to be made also out of Resin like the Vincent Benolin Recorders ?

[@gerardvila4685]

It's 2020€ www.woodbrass.com/flutes-a-bec-lto-kung-alto-speciale-e3-grenadille-5997-p312546.html . That's cheap for an oboe... but fr the same money you can get about 10 perfectly decent mass-produced baroque recorders.

[@norikosato7823]

I hope that happens soon. But in 2022, not happening yet.

[@annettesomers7463]

Nice where can I buy in Australia?

[@norikosato7823]

I don't think we can. Maybe we have to order overseas. As far as I know, Orpheus Music is the only instrument shop in Australia that specialise in recorders, and they don't have it. They deal with Helder, though.

[@Hansondiandian]

Is she Dutch?

[@ErnestoValt]

Adriana Breuknik, you haven´t interacted with people. It would be so nice to have your answers. I would like to know if you have designed the other tessituras of the recorders. Thanks in advance. So nice your alto recorder!!!

[@RosssRoyce]

The metal labia can be done using a pencil sharpener. And, can be used for one!

[@chhotetharu3699]

Dcnai Nepal ok

[@robfox5670]

....and no any PLAYING demo -.-

[@norikosato7823]

There are many videos of professional musicians playing Eagle recorder.

[@madeleinejane7186]

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[@I..cast..fireball]

is it "better", sure, but it ruins the charm of the recorder

[@MsBettyRubble]

Ppl complained when the 7th was added to chords. Now we're used to it. Nothing is taken away. Only another color has been added.

[@user-ee9mp8iq7m]

It is not a recorder !

[@norikosato7823]

When electric guitars were invented, and when electric keyboards were invented, some people said so. And even now, some people say some instruments such as recorders and synthesisers are not real musical instruments. I don't care who calls my instrument what. I can even play music with spoons.

[@tamasfoldesi2358]

It is, just a modern one. Instruments need to evolve or they become extinct. Recorders need to become louder, because the fact that they're too soft is the reason why it almost died out and not many people even consider them to be real instruments. Even amongst musicians, the recorder is generally thought of as a toy or an educational tool for kids until they become old enough for real instruments. In most music schools you can't even learn it for more than 3-5 years. Just think about it. When woodwind instruments are introduced to kids, the recorder is left out in most cases. It simply doesn't come to most people's mind that this instrument even exists. No one has used them in orchestras for hundreds of years now except for The Mandalorian's theme song and a very few other pieces. It almost became extinct simply because it isn't loud enough. Every wind instrument became louder over the centuries, even brass, like the trombone or the tuba. The main reason saxophones exist is because Sax wanted a louder woodwind instrument. Recorder players basically have 2 choices, either step into the 21st century at last and let makers make the same changes to this instruments that were made to other instruments hundreds of years ago that made those remain relevant while the recorder dragged behind, or let their instrument eventually die out. Improvement doesn't mean that it's not a recorder anymore. It means that you care about them enough to correct its flaws.