Sigo tenor recorders

[LarryS]

There's a new kid in recorder town, and it uses a very cool technique that dates back to the 16th century.
Sigo is a German brand from the Kunath company and it uses a convoluted spiral bore to drastically reduce the bore length.
The tenor recorder is normally a bit of a beast to play. Wide finger hole spacing and a body that's almost exactly twice the length of a soprano/descant. It is aso in C, and many have keys for the bottom notes.
Sigo does away with all that, producing a body that's about the size of an alto. The neck is also bent, like an alto clarinet, and the bottom hole is quarter of the way up the back.
Here's my tenor next to the bass
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[LarryS]

And my tenor next to my regular tenor (to be sold)

[LarryS]

Here's the internal bore

[Windsong]

It looks very "intestinal", and prior to molding, would have been nigh impossible to manufacture, eh?

[LarryS]

It looks very "intestinal", and prior to molding, would have been nigh impossible to manufacture, eh?

3D printed

[Windsong]

Can you imagine hand carving that out of a block, split in half and re-glued together while a wax or silicone mold was poured for it?

Prior to 3D printing, that would have been your only option for something such as this.

[LarryS]

Can you imagine hand carving that out of a block, split in half and re-glued together while a wax or silicone mold was poured for it?

Prior to 3D printing, that would have been your only option for something such as this.

Ironically they had such instruments back in the 16th century

[Windsong]

Can you imagine hand carving that out of a block, split in half and re-glued together while a wax or silicone mold was poured for it?

Prior to 3D printing, that would have been your only option for something such as this.

Ironically they had such instruments back in the 16th century

I was not aware we were capable of such sophistication 500 years ago.  That is rather remarkable, and further indication that we get less and less intelligent as time marches on.  I believe we peaked about 60 years ago.

[LarryS]

The idea for the convoluted bore isnt new! This instrument, called the Rackett,  is from renaissance times:

[LarryS]

And they had these, called Table recorders
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[LarryS]

I am getting quite the education here!

Yea but I'm a terrible teacher. The rackett is from baroque times, not renaissance, and those table recorders used a normal bore.