Flutes etc. What's he playing ?

[trimmy]

At the Capstone gig I attended on Monday night one of the bands 'Engine room favorites' the Alto, Sop player also played this instrument I've never seen one before...what is it ? no prizes for the winner 🙂

 

[Chris]

A Bass Recorder I think..

Chris..

 

[Ivan]

An ultraviolet strip-light plus mouthpiece... switched off obviously

 

[trimmy]

A Bass Recorder I think..
Chris..

I was going to describe it as a 'recorder on steroids' so that would seem right 🙂

 

[MLoosemore]

Looks more like a Bassoon to me...

 

[Ivan]

Looks more like a Bassoon to me...

Nah that's the geezer to stage left

 

[trimmy]

Looks more like a Bassoon to me...

No, not him you baffoon he's the tenor player 😉 🙂

 

[MLoosemore]

Correct. Stage centre is a Bass Recorder

 

[Chris]

Or even like this one

 

[Tenor Viol]

Looks like a "knick" bass recorder - here's a link to a Yamaha plastic one. You can of course get very expensive wooden ones... but the Yamaha plastic ones take a lot of beating.

The kink in the 'knick' bass is to bring the instrument closer. The alternative is to do what Chris's photo suggests, which is to have a crook (like a bassoon does).