Learning about my instrument…

I have always had a fascination towards the sound of the instrument, bearing the thought that one could master better the recorder knowing how it is built and how it works: in other words, knowing what it demands of you. Vice-versa, that as a builder, one could have a better understanding of the instrument if you are fully aware and invested in its historical practice.

With this curiosity for craftsmanship, the first EtS recorder was born in 2010 (with a little help, I admit…), having decided it would be only the first. My fascination towards the original recorders has brought me to dedicate my Master thesis to this subject, stating the following question: how important is and should a historical recorder be in our modern recorder practice, and what can we learn from it?

This is the groundwork of what I aim to be my sole focus, next to my career as a performer, in recorder making: making strict and honest copies of the original instruments, hoping to bring back the attention to those magnificent instruments from which we can learn so much, musically and aesthetically.

I’m certainly at the beginning of a long and enriching process that is the one of instrument making, needing time and resources. I’m looking forward to gain experience, to widen my set of tools and own a workshop so I can commit to those aims.

Do you like my goals? Do you want to contribute to my development as a builder? Feel free to contact me.