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Post by pavane on Apr 20, 2023 12:54:07 GMT
I asked M Bernolin a couple of years ago whether he intended to produce a tenor recorder in resin to complement the alto and soprano he already produces, and he replied to say that one would probably be added to the range in due course. I've just had an email from Bernolin Recorders to announce an new... soprano. Hence the aargh. It looks pretty good: different bodies are available offering A=415 or 442 in what he calls Van Eyck fingering (no half holes) or English fingering (ie the usual) in 442 only. It looks very nice, but feels quite frustrating that he's decided to produce another soprano before a tenor. Hey ho!
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Post by Zi on Apr 21, 2023 6:32:27 GMT
That is a very beautiful looking recorder though, you have to admit! I'm seriously impressed. I couldn't find a sound file though - I'd love to hear it.  |
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Post by Misty on Apr 21, 2023 10:12:42 GMT
My friend has two of these - one each in soprano and alto. Neither of us is very struck on the soprano, but the alto really does sound lovely and beautifully mellow. Even our teacher agrees, although she is a very much a "wood only" player.
Pavane, I didn't get what you said about Van Eyck fingering. Is it that on soprano you don't need any half holes to play Van Eyck, or that the Bernolin doesn't have any half holes? (Sorry - neuorodivergent mind trying to work through all the possibilities here.)
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Post by pavane on Apr 22, 2023 8:20:55 GMT
It's that the Bernolin doesn't have half holes. If you look at genuine old recorders, they mostly didn't (eg have a look at Mollenhauer's poster of Frans Brüggen's recorder collection - there are instruments by Stanesby, Bressan, Haka, Hotteterre and others in there, and not a single one has half holes). They also had fingering was a bit different to what I think Bernolin calls "English fingering" - I think he has a bit of a thing about the fingering and sort of objects to English because there was a perfectly good baroque system already in existence. There is a bit of disagreement about all of this: Philippe Bolton makes some very nice recorders that he calls pre-baroque that obviously correspond fairly closely to Bernolin's Van Eyck style - he also calls the soprano a VE. Bolton uses the older style of fingering for these recorders which is presumably about the same as Bernolin's for the VE soprano. I love the look of the Bolton tenor! |
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Post by Misty on Apr 22, 2023 10:40:16 GMT
Ah, I see. Many thanks for your excellent explanation. Philippe Bolton's recorders certainly are unusual, and delightful to listen to. Thank you for the links.
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