Küng 2207 Superio Sopranino

Küng is simply the king of the highest notes. I have been teaching the recorder for twenty years and I have been working with the sopranino recorder with children since the youngest years. Küng sopranos are often criticized for the need for a strong breath, but no other recorder can achieve such a beautifully solid and color tone. This piece from grenadilla is the queen of sopranino recorders and even the lowest notes are an opulent sound experience.

It is not often that people spontaneously comment on the nice tone of a sopranino recorder. This has happened to me a number of times with this instrument.

I wanted a loud recorder that is audible over a large mixed instrument group. it does this very well without sounding strident. Overall I am very impressed with it.

The main downsides are that it needs quite a lot of breath pressure to play in tune, the foot joint is not adjustable and the build quality is not as quite as good as the best handmade instruments. (The prices is also a lot lower, so this is not a complaint.)

The cork on my instrument is not well fitted, but I will probably replace it with thread when it starts to give trouble.

Note that there is no cleaning rod supplied, so you may need to order one with the instrument.

The case is very robust, provides good protection and looks stylish and high quality. However, it is too small to take a standard plastic sopranino cleaning rod.