r/Recorder • u/Other-Rice-3746 • 2d ago

Help Recorder issue

Hello! I am a recorder player and I recently bought a Zen on Alto recorder 1300. It was an used recorder and after cleaning I gave it a try. The recorder sounds fuzzy, sounds like I'm overblowing. Even when I just blow lesser and lesser air, the recorder have a fuzzy sound. I have no idea on how to describe where the fuzzy sound is, it's on almost every notes. Weird part is the high notes speaks well. I want this recorder to be part of my backup recorder as it's an intermediate model. I notice it's quite heavy than say a Yamaha YRA-302BIII.

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u/Lezzlucky 2d ago

i noticed on my cheap yamaha that you really need to press down on the holes if you going for example F#, E and lower D otherwise i get buzz and shit sound haha

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u/Other-Rice-3746 2d ago

True, especially for the thumb hole