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| | MHN Instrument Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Partly because they are portable and relatively easy to build, and probably because they are extremely accessible - you can to create 'music' simply by blowing through the blowhole, or windway, whether you are a beginning student or accomplished virtuoso. |
 | | Used in introductory music classes throughout North America, the recorder has also been featured by professional musicians who, since the 1890s, have been interested in the revival of late Renaissance and Baroque music. |
 | | Usually, there are seven finger hole, and one thumb hole; the end or foot-joint typically has a slight flare. |
| www.si.umich.edu /chico/instrument/pages/recorder_gnrl.html (338 words) |
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