But, that's not really a fair assessment of the instrument ... the recorder had a long and distinguished history and was made out of sturdier, more valuable material. So how did it go from ...

Around the middle of the 20th century, the recorder underwent its cheap, lightweight transformation. By that point, plastic was easy to come by, and using the material produced an instrument that ...

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Now, we associate it with primary school music lessons. We’re here to explain why... Long before the recorder was used as a teaching instrument, Renaissance and Baroque composers like Monteverdi, ...

RASCOE: If you somehow managed to escape attending one of these concerts, the recorder is a woodwind music instrument. It's got a thumb hole and seven finger holes. And when it's played by a ...