Thomann TRB-31B Bass Recorder

J’ai commandé cette flûte pour jouer de temps en temps dans un ensemble musique ancienne. Ne pouvant en écouter un extrait sur le site, j’ai appelé le correspondant Thomas qui m’a bien renseignée sur les différents produits correspondant à ma recherche. Pour une flûte en plastique elle est parfaite. C’est la 4ème flûte que j’achète chez Thomann et je recommande, la qualité et le service sont au rendez-vous.

Für den Preis ein gutes Instrument zum Ausprobieren bzw. für den privaten Hobbygebrauch. Es macht Freude, darauf zu spielen!
Es klingt etwas luftig (Geschmackssache, im Bass durchaus schön...)
Für drei Töne im tiefen Register kann die Intonation durch alternative Griffe (abweichend von der mitgelieferten Grifftabelle) verbessert werden: Bb klingt besser ganz ohne den kleinen Finger, dafür das B (deutsch H) besser mit dem kleinen (halbes Loch), cis/des wiederum vereinfacht ohne den vierten Finger.

To start off, i am a beginner to the recorder, and only started on the soprano last year with 2 learning books.

The bass recorder came in a handy bag, with some grease for the joints, a fingering chart (super satisfied about that) and a cleaning stick (rag, or "swab"? not attached).

Assembly of the bass recorder was very intuitive, and i had no trouble getting it set up to play.

When it comes to the tone, you can clearly hear that it's a plastic instrument, but since the tone is so low in pitch, and the instrument is rather big, it doesn't make any negative impact on the instruments sound at all.
The tone is warm, airy, full and it is rather satisfying to play.

As i am a beginner, i can't give a review based on expertise, since i don't know if it is my technique or the flute that fails, but at the very lowest register, it can be a bit challenging to not get into the overtones. I do suspect however that this is due to my "newbie techniques".

Overall this flute is a no-brainer for anyone who is curious about bass-recorders, and for the price you really can't go wrong.

Very satisfied with Thomann, yet again