Mollenhauer Waldorf Edition Alto Recorder

Una vez que la flauta ha tenido unas cuantas semanas de aclimatación (tocándola con regularidad y comenzando con unos pocos minutos al día e incrementando el tiempo de forma progresiva) el sonido es excelente. Los tonos medios son portentosos. Los agudos y graves muy dignos, una vez que te habitúas a la presión de aire necesaria para sacarlos limpios y enteros. Muy buena opción para iniciarse en un alto mixto.

Having just bought a Waldorf Alto recorder, I find that it is everything that the Adri's Dream Alto recorder (pearwood) is not.

I tried an Adri's Dream Alto a few weeks ago, and just did not like it, because:
1.. There was excessive resistance to blowing, I felt. Perhaps this is usual for renaissance recorders, but for a transitional?
2. While the lower register had a full rich sound, the upper register for me was pinched and very nasal, and not what I am used to from my baroque recorders.

When I played the Waldorf, from the very first breath, the response was totally different, and much more immediate. The breath pressure needed is much less, and I find that more comfortable.
The tone of the Waldorf over the two registers is full and free, and much more akin in its fullness over the range to that of the baroque recorders.While we are on the subject of tone, the Waldorf has a very mellow and rounded sound, and I can quite see what the makers and designers were aiming for. In my opinion they have succeeded admirably.
I came to the Waldorf after reading descriptions by an American dealer, who after lauding the Adri's Dream to the skies, almost as a footnote, said the Waldorf was OK as a entry level transitional instrument. I think he'd got it the wrong way round. The Waldorf is by far the better recorder, and it's price is not that different from the Adri's Dream.

Après quelques craintes pendant le rodage (la condensation arrivait très rapidement même en chauffant le bec dans les premières utilisations) je suis ravie de cet instrument.
Les sons sont clairs aussi bien dans les graves que dans les aigus, permettant de jouer dans tous les registres.
Elle possède une netteté suffisante pour jouer en solo mais aussi une perce large qui rend très bien en jeu d'ensemble.
Un plus: la forme du bec permet une prise en bouche quasi anatomique.
Je recommande cet instrument aussi bien pour un débutant que pour un joueur confirmé, probablement l'une des meilleures dans cette gamme de prix !