Yamaha YRT-304 B II Tenor Recorder 4-stars Reviews

Good instrument for beginners

An instrument with a very nice sound, especially in the middle range. The top high notes (B,C) may be more finicky to produce, but nothing that cannot be solved with improved technique. Same for the low C.

My hands are average man hands and had no problem reaching all the holes.

Even being a complete beginner I managed to produce nice sounding melodies after 1 month of practice.

Nice sound but a very big stretch!

So, this instrument is a really nice practise instrument, inexpensive yet with a nice sound. The Low C and D don't always respond so well, but this might be due to my lack of technique with this size (on my Yamaha plastic Alto I do not have any problems with the low notes.) Unfortunately, the stretch for the fingers is very big (bigger than Aulos), so this might be challenging for some people to play. I will return mine as it is just too much of a painful stretch and get an instrument modified with keys and a bent neck.