Features:

  • ★ Moving Voice --Eastar ERS-21BB ABS Soprano C Recorder has a melodious sound, high/low tone performance is very excellent, sound quality without impurity. Baroque fingering F tune is more accurate for professional performance.
  • ★ Elegant Appearance -- natural color endure dirty, old-resistant, suitable for classroom, stage, band, performance time.
  • ★Advanced Material -- Eastar recorder is made of green ABS material, which is waterproof, moisture-proof, wear resistance and fall resistance, excellent in hardness and resonance, strong in explosive force and bright in sound.
  • ★ Practical Design-- Three piece construction: It is advantageous to adjust the position of C hole according to the size of the hand shape. Expanded mouth hole: Increase air flow, help beginners or intermediate players to better control the breath, reduce noise of whistling. Thumb Supporter: Helping players with small hands to hold the recorder better. Double holes C-C#, D-D#: Suitable for cromatic scale and skill playing.
  • ★ Package Contents -- Eastar ERS-21BB ABS Soprano C Recorder Baroque Style Fingering (As indicated by “B” stamped packaging), Fingering Chart, Cleaning Rod, Thumb Rest, Leather Bag.12-Month Product Warranty.
great recorder set

I have never used a recorder before and was not sure what to buy. I am extremely happy with this one! It is made from nice wood rather than a plastic play recorder. It also has a cleaner and joint grease so that it goes together and comes apart easily. FYI, if you want to learn to play this without taking lessons, please do what I did and go onto youtube there are plenty of videos to help you get started as well as assist in making sure you are getting the right notes. Great buy and great sound.

Better for Experienced Player

Nice wood recorder. Great storage box. More difficult to play & get good tone out of than comparable plastic recorders. The finger divots are not as pronounced as other plastic recorders played. Love it though and will continue to improve skill playing this wood recorder. Nice fingering chart with all note positions included in case. So maybe this is not an ideal recorder for a beginner, due to touchy-ness, but intermediate player and up. (I can picture a younger child getting frustrated more quickly and giving up with this recorder, where an adult may be more willing to stick with it’s touchy fingering to get a good sound). Also placement of holes seems for slightly larger hands.

There's Nothing Like the Sound of WOOD!

Most of us learn to play recorder on inexpensive plastic instruments. There is nothing wrong with that. Frankly some them (such as Eastar's own) sound and play amazingly well. -Far better than the plastic instruments of not too many years ago. But that said, there is nothing like the sound and feel of a well crafted wooden recorder. -Especially when playing the lower notes which can come almost alive with a sonorous bottom and sweet overtones. The hold back for many players -- the thing that has kept them using plastic instruments -- frankly has been the cost. But to my (and I expect many player's) amazement, even that is changing. This Eastar is made from solid maple. You see it and feel it even before you hear it. And it is thing of beauty. And yet the cost is very reasonable. The Eastar ERS-31M comes in a nicely fitted case. A case that also holds a cleaning rod (provided) with a soft head and a small container of sealing and protecting lubricant for the cork used where the three parts of the recorder attach to one-another. Oh, and that brings to mind another nice feature of the Eastar... It is a three piece unit -- and its lower bout rotates allowing for custom placement of the lowest hole allowing for correct placement for those with shorter or longer little fingers. (Once set, however, the two lower parts can remain as one even when the recorder is taken apart for storage.) Tuning and pitch on my example seemed pretty close to "right on." Although that depends in part on the player's technique. And those used to plastic instruments may have to get the feel for this (and other) wooden ones to assure clear notes free of 'lisps' when playing down low. Eventually every serious player starts to feel ready to upgrade to a wooden instrument. Now with the Eastar ERS-31M cost need not be so much a factor. Highly recommended.

Great Sound and Touch

Great sound and touch but cracked after 2 hours playing Christmas music. I have to return. Update: Customerservice is excellent! They do care about their products’ quality. I just got a replacement! They deserve 5 stars.

A piece of heaven!

Took a risk when I purchased this because it hadn't been reviewed. So glad I did. I own a Yamaha 402b Ecodear, a yamaha 314B, and a Hohner Pearwood. This is like playing a piece of heaven. The tone is mellow and rich. Just such a joy to play. I find it hard to believe this quality for under 20 bucks! The case is plastic, nothing special, but better than a fabric case. The reason I took a chance with it is because it is a 3 piece recorder. I like being able to adjust the bell to fit my pinky perfectly, something my Hohner doesn't offer. And, the tone is superior to my Hohner. The tone is just so beautiful! If you have been playing resin recorders and want to try wood, this is a great find!

Excellent buy. Beautiful tone.

This is a fantastic deal for a maple recorder. Great tone and feel. Definite improvement over the standard $10 yamaha starter. If you have a child who is excited to start the recorder, get them this. It will provide them with the sense of using a real instrument. Just grease the cork a lot at first. They may have a hard time seperating it but it gets easier. I've used this in audio recordings and with a piano accompaniment. Tone is gorgeous. Provided picture with the standard Yamaha student recorder. They are aligned by the top hole. As you can see there is a slightly longer reach with one. Very slight.

Perfectly neutral recorder

What you have here is a perfectly neutral recorder CNC lathed and machined so that from physics standpoint you have a tonally neutral recorder. The great thing is for 20+ bucks you can experiment with it to give you a recorder that is perfect for you; slightly sand the holes to open it up for any given section, coat a hole with epoxy finish to close it down and or file out the bore of any section. I like to file out the body to give it more resonance and open up the end of the bell to give it a little more amplitude. If you screw it up, no biggie. Buy another and start over.

Given the low cost, I'm pretty impressed with this recorder that I bought on a whim

So, I play recorder, and I own several mid-range ones (those cost in the hundreds, whereas pro, handmade instruments can cost well into the thousands), as well as a Yamaha Ecodear and Aulos recorders (costs around $30 each), and I've tested the wood Hohner one. Given that, for a bit over $20, getting a wood recorder that actually plays decently is amazing. The one I received plays in tune, and I can easily play it for the two full octaves, and a bit above, and alternate fingerings. It's not very rich on the low notes, and, like the plastic ones, probably because the wood is wax-impregnated and varnished, does produce a very, very slight buzziness, which doesn't happen with my other wood recorders. Looking inside at the block, I saw that it was not smooth. But I'm just being very detailed and accurate in my recorder review. This plays fine, and if you don't have a lot of money, this is a good one to buy. I saw the one review where it says the instrument plays out of tune. That is likely a quality control issue, and I suspect that production can produce a lemon out of a few thousand, so be aware that may happen. However, the one I received is surprisingly good. I also can't say anything yet about the longevity of the instrument. I know for a fact that Yamaha plastic ones will last for decades if well care-for, because I still have the one I played when I was a child, and it still plays well. I have a feeling this one may deteriorate after time, but if it lasts even 5 years, I'd say it's a decent purchase. That will give people time to learn how to play well enough for an upgrade.

Love this instrument

I am a 65 year old new student. I have played most musical instruments of the string or keyboard family, but had never played any kind of wind instruments. After going to a Mannheim Steamroller concert, I really wanted to learn how to play a recorder or recorder-like instrument. I started with a plastic recorder. I wasn't happy with how I was doing on it. The bottom holes didn't fit my little finger well. I ordered this recorder because of the ability to turn the bottom end where the holes would align better with my little finger. It worked. I'm doing much better with this one. And, the sound is WAY better than the plastic one. I'm a beginner and I love this one.

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