AVANTGARDE Subbass, RESONA, natural oiled finish
Product information "AVANTGARDE Subbass, RESONA, natural oiled finish"
Avantgarde, the clever subass recorder. With linseed oil surface. Ecologically consistent product design.
Since 2007, the Kunath Instrumentenbau workshop has been producing parts for woodwind instruments using a special special 3D printing process.
The primary goal was to use a material that sounds like wood and is made from renewable raw materials. As there was no material on the market that met these requirements, the team at Kunath Instrumentenbau, with the support of the Ministry of Science and Research, developed its own material: RESONA.
Renowned artists such as Dorothee Oberlinger and composers such as Josh Plotner use instruments made of instruments made from RESONA for live concerts and studio studio recordings.
Since 2022, Kunath Instrumentenbau has been producing more electricity in its own solar systems than the company needs annually. The machines that prepare the material for printing and the 3D printers run 24 hours a day. At night, they are powered by a 100 kWh battery with temporarily stored solar power.
What do the musicians get out of it A clear conscience. :-)
For these and many other reasons Avantgarde is the new benchmark for sub-bass recorders.
Overblowing key
Herbert Paetzold invented the automatic overblowing key over 40 years ago. With Avantgarde, we are making this practical mechanism for the first time on a "non-square" bass recorder.
The special advantages of the overblowing key:
Firstly, it creates a more relaxed posture for the left hand,
the thumb can move closer to the position of the other fingers.
Secondly, the overblowing key makes it easier to play high notes and octave leaps.
A small movement of the tip of the thumb is enough to reliably activate the overblow hole.
Video about the overblowing key
Scale
The inner bore of the recorder is cylindroconical. This type of bore gives the instrument its powerful sound.
In principle, recorders with a wider bore sound warmer, fuller, more fundamental and therefore more suitable for ensembles than instruments with a narrower inner bore.
Cap
To ensure undisturbed airflow between the blowing tube, cap and windway in the head, AVANTGARDE has a new type of connection between cap and head. The cap is perfectly fitted or removed with just half a turn.
What styles of music can the recorder be used for?
RESONA is predestined for all styles.
Avantgarde is 40% lighter than normal sub-bass recorders because it is made from RESONA in a 3D printing process optimised for musical instruments. 3D printing process optimised for musical instruments.
The sound of these printed instruments is The sound of these printed instruments is compared by professional players to that of Kirschbaum.
Who is this recorder aimed at?
Avantgarde is aimed at amateurs, semi-professionals and professional players.
Windway of the recorder
The windway is the area in the head of the recorder where the musician's blowing air is moulded into a thin sheet of air. This sheet of air is the defining element of a recorder's sound. At the labium, the air blade creates the vibration that generates the flute sound. The shape of the windway is therefore very influential for the artistic usability of the recorder.
The model 6605-072 from Kunath Instrumentenbau has a windway that is curved and conical in shape.
Conical windways accelerate the air blade more than cylindrically shaped ones.
Windways are naturally very complex in their design and many parameters are influenced by each other.
Fingering
The AVANTGARDE 6605-072 recorder is supplied in the following fingering: Baroque fingering.
Keys
It is not always possible to drill tone holes in places in the body of the instrument that are easy to reach with the hands. For tuning reasons, tone holes on low instruments in particular are located in positions that are not ergonomically accessible. On such instruments, key mechanisms are fitted that make it much easier to play or even possible in the first place.
The key action is made of brass.
Six rollers make it particularly easy to particularly comfortable with double keys.
Stand
Is included in the scope of delivery.
The highlight: the bell of the inner bore is bent forwards so that the instrument does not have to be moved to a different playing position. It can be played standing up on the stand.
This is clever and safe.
Packaging and accessories
The instrument is supplied as standard with a bag and matching accessories: Case with wheels, instructions, cork grease, fingering chart
Podcast about the instrument
The instrument has its own episode Avantgarde on Blockfloetenpodcast.eu
| Accessories: | Cork grease, care instructions, fingering chart |
|---|---|
| Group: | Recorders |
| Net weight: | 0.000 kg |
| Sound characteristics: | RESONA: Full and clear sound image |
| blowing type: | blowing tube |
| construction method: | 4-part (cap, head, centre and foot piece) |
| country of origin material: | Germany |
| fingering: | Baroque double hole |
| keys: | Centre section flaps + foot flap |
| material: | RESONA |
| model series: | Avant-garde |
| packaging: | Case with leather cover |
| pitch standard: | 442 Hz |
| scale: | weakly cylindroconical |
| structure of material: | RESONA: Closed surface. Density comparable to rosewood. Made from renewable raw materials. |
| suitable for music style: | Ensemble, choral and solo performance |
| surface treatment: | Natural colours, treated with linseed oil |
| target group: | Ambitious amateurs and advanced players |
| tenon joint: | Cork |
| voice type: | Double bass / sub bass |
| windway: | Curved, conical |
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