The Moeck Ehlert MODERN Tenor - testing and review! | Team Recorder

Finally! How have I not had Moeck tenors on here yet?? Meet my newest recorder - the Moeck Ehlert modern tenor. I give it a good testing, plus a comparison with my Yamaha tenor as well as some earlier models. And the question - if we can make loud, dynamic recorders with a large range now, why couldn't builders back then..?
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Moeck Ehlert modern tenor in boxwood, 442Hz
Yamaha tenor in maple wood, 442Hz
Rafi tenor by Francesnco Li Virghi in maple wood, 440Hz
Consort tenor by Peter van der Poel in maple wood, 466Hz
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[@GenWivern2]

Three cheers for Professor Sarah!

[@Team_Recorder]

Thank you! 🎉

[@christophertsiliacos8958]

@@Team_Recorder Well, hello professor! 😄 Congratulations on entering the halls of academia. 🎆 🎉 🍻 It's about time! 😆 What took so long? 🤔 I need not remind you that I've been calling you professor for years - lest we forget. 😏 BTW: Your seminars shall be in great demand. They will be not only educational, but witty and entertaining as well. 👍😊 🎶 A bonus is that piquant British accent of yours. 👌😉

[@YenZenBamboo]

Oh 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟✨CONGRATULATIONS✨ Well done. Now we can get to see the Professor really go to work on the recorder. lol. So happy for you. All the best from Joel in Australia. Well done, well done, well done.🤟☮️😎🇦🇺👍

[@Silver801]

AaA LETS TAKEvA MOMENT TO APRECIATE HER!

[@heathermcdougall8023]

sarah, when I was about 6 and a half, my British Infant school did some aural tests, on all of those who wanted to learn to play the recorder. I was chosen. They gave us an old Dolmetch plastic recorder and an ancient recorder book. I misheard and thought we had to learn the whole book in a week, instead of only the first exercise. I remember crying because it was so hard, but I did it. The next week I told the recorder teacher Ihad learnt the whole book. I was disbelieved u til I played the last few pages of tunes. Then my mother was called up the school and was demanded to admit I had played before. When they realized I hadn't they knew there was an unusual talent on thier hands. I went on to become a professional musician. It all started with a cheap, plastic recorder.

[@Team_Recorder]

Wow! That’s an incredible story!

[@davidbenefiel9289]

That sounds like a typical teacher, afraid of being outshined by one of the students, even in elementary school.

[@lynzannabel6990]

@@davidbenefiel9289 👍🏽

[@TarunoNafs]

It does look so much bigger than a regular tenor! And it's fascinating to see instrument makers continuosly improving on classic designs. I recently read a book about the "viola alta", a sort of improved viola designed by Hermann Ritter, a German. It was once popular in the late 19th century but is now lost in history. Its sound is deeper, louder and cleaner than a viola, and it could fit five strings. Appearantly there were pieces composed with this instrument in mind, and today the parts are replaced by the viola, thus those pieces suddenly become super difficult to play! I don't know if these modern tenors would survive, but hopefully with musicians like you who love playing them, and composers who would write for them, their existence will be well documented and they will be passed onto future recorder lovers.

[@Team_Recorder]

Ohh that’s fascinating!

[@lizziesmusicmaking]

Congratulations on becoming a professor! That's awesome, and really impressive.

[@heathermcdougall8023]

You deserve it!

[@douglasboyle6544]

Congratulations Professor! And yes by all means get a recorder maker to discuss the physics of what makes a recorder do what it does!

[@makosmakos137]

Congratulation on your tenure, I'm not a music professor but I think you deserve it. Cheers from Greece.

[@markbudd8432]

My Thoughts exactly. Students of the Royal College are lucky to have her!

[@maryburger6228]

First Congratulations about the faculty appointment in London! Oh my, how will you have time to do these brilliant videos? What a beautiful instrument and thank you for sharing this introduction to it.

[@Team_Recorder]

I’m used to juggling real-life work and youtube!

[@boredgrass]

0:43 Seconds: 🎊🎉💐CONGRATULATIONS! 🎊🎉💐 Professor Jeffery! What a great achievement and what a day for recorder education! This news made my day!

[@Team_Recorder]

🥰

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

I'm really fascinated by recorders, and what a skilled musician can make them do. I annoys me what a disservice, most school recorders have done to the reputation of such a nice instrument.

[@kishascape]

Nah I do fine with my $10 soprano. It's just everyone sounds terrible when first starting. I could pick up a violin and do far worse.

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

@@kishascape I wasn't tasking about the physical instruments used in school, but the consequences after they were forcefully used in school. Too many people associate recorders with what they remember from school. When a full class is forced to play, most of them don't have the motivation to work on the sound quality. I'm annoyed that school administrations chose to use recorders in class, only because of the price/student for instruments. They didn't consider how difficult it is to make them sound nice without motivation, and how awful the sound can be if you play poorly. They probably neither consider the steep learning curve caused by the need to learn the finger placement for each note. I'm pretty sure the definitely didn't consider how using it in school would give an instrument as "something everyone can play, but is awful", while it's more difficult to play well than most think, I know some schools have switched to melodica. It's still difficult to make a nice sound, but at least there's a 1:1 relationship between the keys and the notes. Using an instrument with a 12-tone equal temperament gives the students something extra, to visualize the distance between the relationship between the notes in a useful way. I'm annoyed about schools only using cost savings to choose an instrument, not considering if the instrument is good for learning, learning about music, or if it's actually too difficult to play "well enough".

[@christinamariamichaelsen3494]

I tried an Ehlert Alto and just falled in love. So I decided to give my self a tenor. It is just amazing. Have played Lumby Champagnegalop on it.

[@gkitson5323]

Congratulations and good luck, Sarah, on your new post

[@Wazkaty]

I dream about having a tenor ! It is sooo beautiful, I played with a tenor a long time ago and I miss it now Thank you very much for your passion, it is really amazing !

[@princessnthetower]

Congratulations to your new position, Sarah! You deserve it.

[@noominenne7782]

Wow! Congratulation! Both to the new recorder and on becoming a professor. Lucky students!

[@tsbulmer]

That Moeck sounds *fantastic*, and congratulations on your continued success!

[@grahamfelvus7708]

Congratulations on your appointment! You are an inspiration to musicians all over the world.

[@Selkirkwater]

Congratulations, Sarah! Very fortunate students,especially if your personality comes through in person as wonderfully as it does on your KZbin channel.

[@lostisleminstrel]

So glad to hear about your music Professorship. You are a wonderful resource for the world recorder community. I own the grenadilla version of the Moeck Ehlert Tenor. This recorder is an absolute beast. So loud, so dynamically satisfying, low notes are awesome, higher notes are very easy to play. My tenor is very lyrical and expressive with a wonderful tome. I absolutely love my Moeck Ehlert tenor. Keep up the wonderful good work you do.

[@grumpyinbrooklyn6347]

Tenors are my favorite recorders by far. And this one is fantastic, IMO. It checks all the boxes in my wishlist! Excellent video, as always!

[@shoshannafachima1306]

Congratulations upon receiving the rank of professor I remember how excited I was when I received the rank of professor decades ago Wishing you the greatest success in your new teaching post

[@RenVasTerul]

Hi Sarah! The pitches are the same despite different lengths beacuse the inner diameter of the flutes differ :) In fact theres more factors (diameter of fingerholes and their angle, position and construction of the fipple etc), but in that case this is the most obvious one. Its all about them diameters and air pressure ;) Cheers!

[@WeedMIC]

The hole diametre seemed obvious to me on the right hand middle hole.

[@NomeDeArte]

Congratulation for being appointed! :D And thank you for all the hard work you put on the channel.

[@Team_Recorder]

thank you ❤️

[@craz4mom]

So many congrats following your dream - I am just at the very beginning stumbling along, but having fun in retirement trying this out. I absolutely love your videos! Keep them coming!

[@7ennifer]

Congrats Sarah! Professorship is an incredible achievement! Professor Jeffrey has a lovely ring to it!

[@1anatiti]

Congratulations, wonderful news, and good luck!

[@bacca71]

Know little about the London Royal College of Music, except that they have made a great decision. Best wishes for you with this post. Would love to hear more about this lifetime opportunity as time goes by. Good going, and well-deserved! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Team_Recorder]

Thank you! ❤️

[@niallrooneyable]

Congratulations. Well deserved. What a brilliant appointment. Enjoy. So good for the future of music and young musicians . Niall

[@BrightBlueJim]

It's SO good to see you again! And congratulations!

[@edfurlong103]

Congratulations on your new professor position at the Royal College of Music-well deserved!

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Nice to hear about Professor Sarah Jeffery 👏👏.

[@susannekalejaiye4351]

Wonderful to have a new video, but three cheers for your professorship. Quite right and we'll deserved.

[@xethlorien4736]

WHOA! That IS great news! Congrats on your appointment!

[@JustAnotherFlutist]

Such a cool video. I really enjoyed hearing all the differences between the recorders!!! And I also learned that you can get your tone holes redone! That's so cool. And congrats on becoming a professor at the Royal College of Music! My best friend got her master's there! :D

[@Team_Recorder]

Oh lovely!

[@therecorderenthusiast]

Sarah: 'You're probably listening to this on your phone while doing the washing up' Me: 'I'm sweeping the dining room, indeed.' 😁😅 That being said, I could hear the difference in the sound. This instrument will be fantastic for your contemporary/early/progressive rock music gigs. Impulsive buy maybe, but great choice! 🎶

[@celloeb]

Personally I preferred the sound of your old Yamaha to the new Moeck. To my ear, while the sound was “bigger” volume wise, I found the tonality of it a bit thin. The Yamaha sounded much richer to me. I was listening on a set of very high end headphones. Love your videos so much, glad your back. Congratulations on the professorship!

[@davidallen5452]

Many congratulations Sarah and thank you for yet another fascinating video.

[@michaelcerkez3895]

Oh yes, a very well done on your appointment. Kudos.

[@chegadesalzburg]

Hey, congratulations on the professorship!!!

[@elysianfibres1642]

Congratulations on your new appointment at the RCM!

[@2000konnie]

It's so nice to have an O.G. Team Recorder video again!

[@michaelcerkez3895]

Beautiful sound from a recorder. I like it.

[@ApacienciaNECESSARIAparaOgoogl]

Long time i don't stop by, to say: Love You!

[@Macvriendin]

Congratulation on your new job ! That is so cool! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@shoebox5869]

Congratulations, Professor!

[@davidfplace]

Wonderful! Congratulations for your appointment.

[@ezekieljakub]

This was helpful. I like these reviews you do. Especially for beginners, it gives me an idea of what to look for when I decide to upgrade.

[@zeyneptugrul4153]

Cogratulations Sarah👏👏👏 Your students are very lucky❤❤❤❤❤

[@mikey102ish]

WOW! IM LEGIT WATCHING THIS ON MY PHONE WAITING FOR LAUNDRY! I feel so called out right now 😂

[@Team_Recorder]

mwa ha ha ha ha

[@MalaksMessage]

Massive congratulations on the new job!!

[@josequins9099]

OMG, congrats on your appointment at RCM!! Well deserved.

[@mrsenstitz]

Congratulations, Sarah, you are amazing.

[@robertnoblitt518]

Inspired by your video, I purchased a Moeck Ehlert soprano in boxwood. I'm still playing it in, but very impressed so far. I also have a Mollenhauer Modern soprano. I have a bit of difficulty with the keys on the Mollenhauer, so that's one reason I wanted to try the Moeck. I'm liking it so far.

[@DrLogical987]

Congratulations!

[@carlosorodriguezjr4242]

Congratulations on your appointment! THAT is the turest testament to YOU, to your skills, to your dedication/passion, and to your recognized importance in modern recorder pedagogy. When do you begin your tenure?

[@austinhackney3906]

'Ode on a tick. Professur? Gerraway wi' yer! I haven't watched the whole video yet (I just got a Yamaha tenor that you had recommended to learn alongside my soprano) but I must jump in and congratulate you on the post at the Royal College. I bet thousands of people, as I do, feel very warmly towards you and we'll all be celebrating this milestone with you from our various places around the world. I haven't a slither of a doubt that you'll be a superlative and inspiring professor of music. I suppose you'll be no stranger to the Eurostar now! So, heartfelt congratulations! You rock the baroque and contrapose the contemporary with infinite grace, style, and aplomb. Hurrah! 🏳‍🌈🌈🎶🎵🎶🧡 (there's no recorder emoji....what?!?!)

[@dansforth]

I am LITERALLY listening to this on my phone while I'm doing the washing up.

[@rtmedipaed2011]

💐 Congratulations, professor Sarah!

[@phineasdorchester3660]

great stuff. You make me chuckle and inform me too!

[@jimbrownza]

Fantastic news Prof! I remember watching one of your earlier videos when you explained how nervous you had been about the move to NL to study because you weren't a "real" recorder player (words to that effect any road). Well... that shows them!

[@jimbrownza]

Hell of a commute though ;)

[@WombatSlug]

Wow! Congratulations on the new post! They couldn’t have chosen better! I (obviously) need to study more about recorders. I was surprised when you said it was a 442. I’m used to tuning all my instruments (they’re not recorders) to 440. I’m more in the folk realm, though. I’ve heard historically that instruments were tuned higher, so I’m guessing this shouldn’t surprise me.

[@davidbenefiel9289]

It is the groupthink insanity of the European pitch arms race, increasing the standard a from 440 to 442. How long until we see 444 or higher? I pity the oboe players and the vocalists. I have to ad joint spacers to my Kung instruments to play with the rest of my ensemble.

[@corneliaippers603]

Hi Sarah, could you explain and demonstrate what are the different construction principles of the various approaches for modern recorders? E.g. Moeck Ehlerts vs. Mollenhauer Modern vs. Eagle or Küng E3 ? Also demo‘ing the dynamic possibilities? …just an idea for another great video 😁

[@estergaleotenadal5870]

I second this :)

[@LuSa17]

Hi, I asked Sarah the same question a year ago. She answered that IT would be difficult to get them all together. So I went to "Blockflötenfesttage Bad Kissingen" (I am from Germany) and tried them all. My opinion: - modern Mollenhauer alto: In the modern voicing it sounds like a flute, but I love the recorder sound. The barock voicing is okay but I did not have a "Wow-Effect". The high notes speakes easily but they are not so loud as I expected. - The Eagle Ganassi alto Made by Adriana Breukink: IT is definitive a sound I can say: "Wow, Wow, Wow!!!!" but: The high notes speakes very, very difficult! So you have to train a lot to play very well. And you need a lot of air! - The Moeck Ehlert alto: It sounds much better than the modern Mollenhauer and the high notes speakes easily too. I think it is louder than the modern Mollenhauer and It is cheeper. - My choose: I bought a recorder handmade by Hammann (Kobliczek-Instrumentenbau): Itis the Praetorius alto which looks like a ganassi recorder but is played with barock fingerings and a pitch from 442 Hz. It is loud and the high notes speakes very, very easily! I choosed It in red plumwood. It sounds and looks like "Wow". Ithas no keys and costs 640 € and is also much cheeper than all the other recorders! You can get it in several different woods and in two variations of mouthpieces. I choosed the thinner one, because with this the high notes speakes so easy! It is my "dream recorder"! 🙂 Greetings from Germany! Anke

[@richiegomez2769]

Congrats. Ms. Amazing recorder player.

[@Waldlaeufer70]

Congratulations on your dream coming true! 😊👍

[@YoutubeCh-kt7wp]

Congratulations! So you'll move back to the Uk!

[@mumsyd2998]

Congratulations Sarah!

[@jerrykorten664]

Congratulations on the appointment! Well deserved.

[@Team_Recorder]

Thank you so much!

[@rooktod]

Ugh Moeck has such beautiful recorders ; m;

[@PhilipBallGarry]

Congratulations! 🎊💐👍🎉

[@steve3150]

Congratulation Sarah

[@raymurray2476]

Congratulations 👍

[@ГеоргийКондратов-п8с]

Thanks, Sarah

[@utkuy1537]

For those wondering, it was a D#6 at the end - 10:37

[@RecordersRocketsBEC]

First of all, I'd like to echo the other comments congratulating you for your professorship appointment. I have a Moeck Ehlert Soprano in boxwood that I bought when our little music group at church was mostly modern instruments and and had a half-dozen or more singers. That suprano has not gotten a lot of love lately as we're now almost always just my wife (Celtic harp) and me for instruments and only a vocalist or two. In that setting the Ehlert is just too much as it has, like your new tenor, a HUGE sound. I need to get it out, oil it, and play it some anyway. For big-sound tenor I've been playing a Mollenhauer Dream tenor for some time - in fact it was the start of my journey into big-sounding modern recorders. More recently I've added a Dream Edition tenor as well. I think I looked at the Ehlert tenor at that point but just couldn't justify the price. But I don't make my living playing recorders, either....I'm a retired engineer.🙂

[@yangseveny8373]

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Do you happen to know whether the Dream Tenor is lounder than the Yamaha wooden tenor shown in the video?

[@RecordersRocketsBEC]

@@yangseveny8373 I would certainly expect it to be, especially in the first octave, but Sarah would have to tell us both to be sure. The Dream tenor has a nice fat first octave to be sure.

[@yangseveny8373]

@@RecordersRocketsBEC Thanks for the reply! Regarding the two dream tenors you have, do you hear a significant difference between the normal dream and the edition one?

[@RecordersRocketsBEC]

@@yangseveny8373 The Dream Edition has a clearer, more focused sound which I attribute to the plum wood vs. pear wood of the "regular" Dream tenor. I currently use the Dream Edition instrument in church and the older "regular" Dream is on my practice stand. Both have huge voices compared to any other tenor I have played. When I got the first Dream it was chosen over a Küng Superio tenor, which is, itself, a marvelous instrument. But that strong first octave really swung the choice for me.

[@yangseveny8373]

@@RecordersRocketsBEC What a nice little surprise! I have a Kung superio sopranino and have been interested in the superio tenor for a while. Thanks for providing the comparison before I even asked. 😸

[@teeniekat4865]

Congrats on your position as Professor, Sarah!

[@DomBlacksmith]

Hello Sarah, what's the piece you are playing at 5:56? I've heard it played on some website to demonstrate the sound of various recorders and I wanted to know what it was. Thank you very much.

[@DrueFaith]

Bit late to the party but huge congrats on your Professorship (is that a word?) in London. Currently looking at upgrading from my Yamaha plastic Tenor to a wooden and I have to admit, I love the sound of your 15+yr old Yamaha! Also, what is the song you play on all 4 tenors from 6:35 ?

[@TheMKEWERBY]

Congratulations, Sarah!

[@ghmus7]

Congratulations on your appointment! That is my Alma Mater.

[@Team_Recorder]

Oh brilliant!

[@ClaudiaArnold]

Congratulations!!! 🥰🥰

[@BurningtunaDC]

Another wonderful video. Thanks for shooting and sharing. Will you be leaving A'dam and head back to the UK?

[@Team_Recorder]

I cans split my time between both 😌

[@sogehtdasnicht]

Wow, the difference in the bottom notes is sooo big that I can even listen to it on my smartphone while doing the dishes without headphones.

[@raquelito309]

Congratulations 👏🎉.

[@DrWoodwind5]

Congrats on your new academic position! That does sound like a great tenor. One of the first things I saw, though, was the markedly “off-set” left-hand ring finger-like an off-set G on a modern transverse Boehm flute. I’m no recorder expert like you, but don’t recall that on any tenor I’ve seen before, or instruments you’ve shown; is that common? I imagine the larger upper bore of the Moeck Ehlert would make that off-set a welcome feature. Glad to see you’re back making videos again! I’ve learned a lot from them!

[@Team_Recorder]

It is to ease the hand position, I think. I have it on good authority (recorder maker Tim Cranmore) that you can actually place the holes pretty much anywhere - the tuning is done with the size and angle of each hole. So an offset G hole on a big tenor is very welcome!

[@NormanMacCaig]

I just love Ehlert recorders and jealous of you, Sarah, for having one. Before I die I want to have one. Also love listening to Michala Petri playing a boxwood tenor on Jianping's Fei Ge. Great to hear of your professorship - well deserved!

[@Team_Recorder]

Thank you!

[@MartynHutchby]

Congrats prof!

[@alujambio1]

Great video Sarah!!! I want to known your opinion about Moeck Hotteterre Tenor recorder. Thanks

[@mantistoboggan2676]

I loved you singing the two plus octaves hahah

[@Team_Recorder]

I tried

[@hiramjeffery6196]

So beautiful 🥰🤗.. Just the tones and play& ability I want, especially the low notes and tones. I love the way it looked effortless to make the low notes speak and sound loud plus to be able to control the volume of the high notes. I hope one day I can afford one because I don't imagine they're cheap 🙂 But how beautiful. Simply beautiful and thankyou for the video 🙏✨ Do you know if they come in any other wood? (I suppose I can look that up myself) Congrats on everything, be well be happy, Hiram Jeffery 🌺

[@leopoldosilva6847]

Wow.... That´s was a Brazilian Music Book! Amazing

[@mccypr]

Congratulations!!! Thanks! 😎 Please play some Playford on it. 🎅🏻🎉

[@draygosound]

Congratulations!!!

[@jorgepacheco9845]

CONGRATS!!!!

[@techdatamexico4530]

You are WONDERFUL

[@danyelnicholas]

Yeah, it sort of combines the lank sound of a recorder with the tumid aesthetics of our age. Another dream comes true, though this one is actually a nightmare. Congratulations on the chair, though.

[@mlksrdr7997]

Love from Türkiye 🇹🇷 ❤️

[@noelplouffe6245]

Thank you Sarah

[@cedar36]

That recorder might be my next purchase. What a great sound. How's the finger stretch? Looking forward to any videos you make playing it. Really lovely instrument. Thanks for sharing. And congrats on your professorship!

[@ttintagel]

Oh, my, that's a beauty.

[@kelanth462]

I have the Moeck Rondo tenor. Love the rich low notes and it's a bit lighter than my plastic Yamaha. Can't get it to go above high "C". Luckily I rarely need to go there for the music I play. (mostly Irish jigs and Celtic music and Broadway tunes(really sounds great on Music of the Night)).

Excellent, thanks