Double bass recorder with both headjoints, Master, black lacquered, Paetzold by Kunath

General information

The instrument from the MASTER series with the model designation: 469+DBK-AS manufactured by Paetzold by Kunath is an instrument that can always generate fun in daily use.
This is due to the clever combination of the carefully considered model in symbiosis with the qualities of the birch plywood used.

The unique qualities of the material used in this instrument make it a pleasantly convincing choice. The special properties can be summarised as follows: Soft, warm.

The scale

The inner bore of the recorder is cylindrical and wider. This type of bore gives the recorder its typical sound.
In principle, instruments with a wider bore sound warmer, fuller, more fundamental and therefore more suitable for ensembles than models with a narrower inner bore.

What music is the recorder best suited to?

Birch plywood is predestined for instruments used in folk music and for beginners playing the recorder.

Who is this recorder aimed at?

This means that instruments made from birch plywood are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. It is also a general rule that a higher quality instrument will in most cases make playing more enjoyable than a seemingly inexpensive bargain.

The windway of the recorder

The windway is the area in the head of the instrument where the musician's breath is moulded into a sheet of air. This sheet of air is the basis of the instrument's sound production. The vibration that generates the flute sound is created from this sheet of air at the labium. The shape of the windway is therefore one of the defining principles of the recorder's range of musical expression.

The instrument 469+DBK-AS from Paetzold by Kunath has a windway that is straight and conical in shape.
Conically shaped windways accelerate the air blade more than cylindrical ones.
Windways are very complex in their design and many parameters influence each other.

Fingering

The Paetzold by Kunath MASTER 469+DBK-AS recorder is offered 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 comfortable and easy to play with the fingers. Particularly on larger recorders, tone holes are located in positions that are impossible to reach for reasons of responsiveness. These instruments are fitted with mechanisms that make playing much easier or even possible in the first place.
The instrument 469+DBK-AS has the following keys: Paetzold full folding. This means that it can be played with above-average ease even by players with smaller hands. This key mechanism is unique and legally protected. Especially in Korea and Taiwan, these recorders are often used in youth ensembles by well-known teachers for adolescent players.
However, adult players with a reduced grip range of the hands also enjoy the advantages of the Paetzold full-folding mechanism.

Construction method

The number of parts in a recorder fundamentally influences the way in which the woodwind instrument can be handled easily in terms of ease of grip and safe transport during daily use.
A point that becomes particularly important when larger instruments or several instruments are to be transported.
Directors of large ensembles know how useful good and compact recorder transport packaging is. Provided the instruments can be disassembled into small pieces.

Packaging and accessories

The model is supplied as standard with an optional bag/case and the following accessories: grease tin, fingering chart, care instructions

Hygiene tips

If the recorder is played by several people, we recommend that you clean the beak area sterilely if necessary for your own protection. Flautisept has proven its worth in these cases. Flautisept is available in our collection.

Notes on finding a new instrument

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Our recommendation is therefore: Try new manufacturers that you may never have tested before. You can't lose anything, you can only gain new experiences.