Trying out my new Helder Evo tenor recorder! (Helder video 01)

[@midnightmoth1]

I'm here for this 🎉

[@yangseveny8373]

Nice demo!

[@noacastillo9608]

Amazing video!

[@Astro-StarCitizen]

Love the Deep tones mate. 1000 times better than i could do :)

[@sarahrodriguez8436]

Love it !!!

[@OoMrBenoO]

Do you own any other tenor recorders? How's the stretch on the Helder?

[@beaglemusiclabs]

I have a Moeck Hotteterre tenor (in A=440) and a Yamaha plastic tenor. The Helder still requires a bit of a reach, but hole and key placement are good, and the adjustable thumb rest is helpful. The thumb rest guides the positioning of your right hand and keeps it in a more reliable shape, I think. My right hand feels more secure and it feels nice having only single holes (plus keys). I am planning to do a video comparing the Hotteterre copy and Helder, and thanks for giving me the idea to compare the stretch on camera! 👍 On Mollenhauer's Instagram, it looks like they installed "comfort keys" on at least one Helder. That's interesting; I wonder if they'd offer it to more customers, and whether it makes shaded/shadow/leaking fingerings for the high notes harder? I wonder if "ring" keys, like on a clarinet, might be another future development/experiment, someday.