Great bass recorder head "HP-Original", Master, black lacquered, Paetzold by Kunath

General information

The instrument from the MASTER series with the model designation: 459HPK-AS manufactured by Paetzold by Kunath is a musical tool that is always a joy to play in daily use.
This characteristic is largely due to the special composition of the outstanding design in combination with the tone colours of the birch plywood material used.

This material makes the instrument strikingly pleasing to the ear with its extraordinary advantages. The special features can be characterised as follows: Noble,.

The scale

The inner bore of the instrument is cylindrical and wider. This type of bore gives the instrument its typical 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.

What styles of music can the recorder be used for?

Birch plywood is ideal for instruments used in folk music and for beginners to recorder playing.

Who is this instrument aimed at?

It follows that birch plywood recorders are particularly suitable for ambitious amateurs and advanced players. An additional basic rule to bear in mind is that a better instrument generally makes learning more enjoyable than a bad one.

The windway of the recorder

The windway is the area in the recorder head where the musician's breath is moulded into a sheet of air. This air blade is the determining element in the sound production of a recorder. At the labium, the vibration that fundamentally generates the flute tone is created from this air blade. The shape of the windway is therefore one of the defining basic features for the variation possibilities of the available sound spectra of the recorder.

The model 459HPK-AS from Paetzold by Kunath has a windway that is straight and conical in shape.
Conically shaped windways accelerate the airflow more than cylindrical ones.
Windways are extremely complex in their design and many parameters are influenced by each other.

Fingering

The Paetzold by Kunath MASTER 459HPK-AS recorder is available in the following version: .

Keys

It is not always possible to drill tone holes in places on the instrument that are comfortable to play with the fingers. Especially on larger instruments, some tone holes are located in positions that are impossible to reach for tuning reasons. On these instruments, the instrument maker installs tuners that make playing much easier or even possible in the first place.
The 459HPK-AS instrument has the following keys: . This means that it can also be played well by players with smaller hands. The shape of the keys is unique and legally protected. Especially in Korea and Taiwan, these instruments are often used in youth ensembles by leading teachers for adolescent players.
But alto players with small hands also appreciate the advantages.

Construction of the body

The number of components of a recorder determines in many ways the way in which the woodwind instrument can be handled easily in terms of ease of assembly and safe transport during daily use.
This is a point that should not be underestimated, especially when transporting larger (and sometimes several) instruments.
Experienced ensemble players can tell you a thing or two about this.

Packaging and accessories

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

Hygiene tips

If the instrument is lent out from time to time, it is advisable to sterilise the blowing area regularly to prevent the transmission of diseases. In these cases, the care product Flautisept has proven its worth. Flautisept is available in our collection.

Notes on finding a new instrument

How to easily find your next instrument
Seek expert advice!
Under no circumstances should you let "generally accepted" rules such as "material xy doesn't work at all in ensembles / for professionals" stop you from testing a recorder yourself. Your musical sensitivity is as unique as you are. Therefore, only you can decide which recorder inspires you.
Our recommendation is therefore: play new designs that you have not yet tried out. You can only gain experience.