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• Made from selected Grenadilla.
• Baroque double holes.
• Supreme elegance in sound and design.
• Flexibility and strength for solo and ensemble playing
• The Grenadilla Marsyas has a brilliant and powerful sound.

Composer: Bullard - Alan

Instrumentation: Treble + Piano

Period/genre: Contemporary

Grade: Difficult - Very Difficult

• Grenadilla Descant, Baroque double holes.
• Denner - A wealth of sound from fine woods. A sophisticated ensemble based on original instruments by Jacob Denner (1681-1735) in Nuremberg and Copenhagen. Brilliant, expressive sound with a convincing charm.
• Agile, quick response in all octaves: ideal for virtuosic music of any era.

Composer: Various

Instrumentation: Descant - Treble - Tenor - Bass

Period/genre: Renaissance

Grade: Moderate

Composer: Higginson - Gary

Instrumentation: 2 Trebles

Period/genre: Contemporary

Grade: Difficult

Composer: Hawkes - John

Instrumentation: Descant - Treble - Tenor - Bass

Period/Genre: Contemporary

Grade: Moderate

Composer: Jenkins - John

Instrumentation: 2 Descants - Treble - Tenor - Bass - Greatbass

Period/genre: Baroque

Grade: Moderate

Composer: Various

Arranger: Dr Shinichi Suzuki

Instrumentation: Descant + Piano

Period/genre: Mixed

Grade: Easy - Moderate

Composer: Gardner - John

Arranger: John Turner

Instrumentation: Treble + Keyboard

Period/Genre: Contemporary

Grade: Difficult

• Pearwood Tenor, Baroque double holes, with double key.
• Canta - the joy of ensemble playing. Versatile, reliable recorder ensemble with an homogenous sound, made of pearwood. Pleasant clear sound - speaks easily: for use in ensembles or as a solo instrument.
• Canta is the model that offers versatility. Especially resilient and reliable due to the choice of wood and robust, practical design.

• Made from selected Palisander.
• Baroque double holes.
• A strong sound for dynamic playing either in ensemble or solo.
• Elegant Baroque styling.
• The Palisander Superior has clear and powerful sound.

• Uses the patented AULOS cavity wall design.
• Warm, clear and sonorous tone
• Arguably the least piercing tone of any plastic treble recorder
• Three-piece Treble Recorder.
• Double holes
• Baroque Fingering.
• Dark Brown & Ivory Colour.

New Shipment due mid July 2026.

Made from Brazilian Boxwood
Baroque fingering, double holes
Perfect intonation, easy to play across the range
Sound has both warmth and clarity
Performs well across a wide range of styles

Composer: Hand - Colin

Instrumentation: Descant or Tenor + Piano

Period/Genre: Contemporary

Grade: Easy

Composer: Hawkes - John

Instrumentation: Descant - Treble - Tenor - Bass

Period/Genre: 20th century

Grade: Moderate

Composer: Cranmore - Tim

Composer: Various

Arranger: Rainer Butz

Instrumentation: 3 Descant Recorders

Period/genre: Mixed

Grade: Easy

• Made from selected Olivewood.
• Baroque double holes.
• A strong sound for dynamic playing either in ensemble or solo.
• Elegant Baroque styling.
• The Olivewood Superior has an earthy, clear, light sound.

Composer: Challinger - Andrew

Instrumentation: Descant - Treble - Tenor - Bass (with divisi)

Period/genre: Contemporary

Grade: Moderate

Composer: Various

Arranger: Moni Schönfelder

Instrumentation: Descant - Treble - Tenor - Bass

Period/genre: Contemporary

Grade: Moderate

• Baroque pitch (A-415)
• Denner pearwood treble at a price most serious players can afford.
• A well balanced baroque timbre of distinctive beauty and stability. It offers players new musical expressiveness with perfect intonation.

Composer: Hawkes - John

Instrumentation: Descant - Treble - Tenor - Bass

Period/genre: Contemporary

Grade: Difficult

Composer: Heidecker/Fortin

Instrumentation: 2 Descants (or Descant - Treble)

Period/genre: Contemporary

Grade: Easy - Moderate