Recorder

The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family know as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes -whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown  and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple.

Today, it is often thought of as a child's instrument, but there are many professional players who demonstrate the instrument's full solo range. The sound of the recorder is remarkably clear and sweet, partly because of the lack of upper harmonics and predominance of odd harmonics in the sound.