Fourth & Sixth Flutes

Küng Folklora Soprano Recorder in Bb This Folklora soprano recorder from Küng, is a special recorder for everyone wanting to play with an instrument tuned in Bb. This recorder is made from pearwood and has earthy sound-tones. As a recorder in Bb it has many different uses: A fourth flute (in modern pitch) Play along with Bb transposing instruments (like the clarinet) Swiss folk music

This Folklora soprano recorder from Küng, is a special recorder for everyone wanting to play with an instrument tuned in Bb. It is made of palisander and has earthy, deep and string sound-tones. As a recorder in Bb it has many different uses: A fourth flute (in modern pitch) Play along with Bb transposing instruments (like the clarinet) Folk music Listen to this recorder! Van Eyck Nightingale: Your browser does not support the audio element. Playford King of Poland: Your browser does not support the audio element. Scale: Your browser does not support the audio element.

The "sixth flute", or soprano recorder in d, was a very popular instrument in eighteenth-century England, used extensively in concertos and solo works by various composers, such as Woodcock and Baston. This von Huene a=415 sixth flute follows an original which changed hands between Edgar Hunt and Frans Brüggen, and is made from turned boxwood.