Mollenhauer 0119R Adris Dream Soprano 5-stars Reviews

A fun look and surprisingly solid

It's a red sparkle recorder with gold trim, and my expectations were honestly not that high. Something fun and festive for under 25€. However, it's a surprisingly heavy feel in the hand and a nice round sound. The top notes (A in the second octave and above) are a little hit or miss but I also haven't spent a lot of time trying to modify my technique to get a better response since I have other recorders that play easily up there. For the price and for the fun, you can't go wrong, but for a truly great instrument, try one of their wooden "Dream" models.

Excellent product

I bought this recorder as my budget "performance" instrument, next to my "practice" instrument. The design of the holes make it very easy to reproduce notes accurately, especially those of higher register. The sound is very loud, perhaps not suitable for indoor playing.

Beautiful recorder

I am fairly new to playing recorder, but not new to music. I teach general music in school, and I decided to learn to play recorder so I could use it with the students, and found that I liked playing it so much that I wanted to get one for myself to play at home.

This is a beautiful instrument. It looks drastically different than the other recorders I looked at. It has a beautiful, fuller sound than the other plastic recorders I looked at. The holes are larger than on most recorders, so they are very easy to find. The instrument is in tune and has a beautiful tone. It is quite loud, which is great for playing in groups or in my classroom, but maybe not ideal for people wanting to practice quietly at home.

Overall, this is a beautiful looking instrument that has a great sound, easy to use for beginners, and great for people looking for something a bit different while shopping for a new recorder.

I love it!

Not only does it sparkle, but it also has a lovely full tone. My only gripe would be that it doesn't easily play very high notes A/B/C third octave, but with a bit of adjusting and blowing fairly strongly even these notes will happen.

Altogether a great instrument for learners and any players who don't want their wooden instrument to get damp!

Adri's Dream (Red plastic)

A lovely recorder. Great sound. Great look. Easy response except the very highest notes, which require a little skill to control.