Another disputation present - presents VII

I got a new recorder from armillary, Anna and Kristian, as a disputation present. It has baroque/english fingering which I never have played before. Not that I have played much with german fingering either; one year back in 1980 and then occasionally the last years, maybe three times a year or so. But since it's new I need to play it for 10-15 minutes every day to break it in and I can tell you it makes wonders for my skill. I'm also learning to play lots of new tones. As a kid you pretty much stay within one octave, but a lot of renaissance songs has a wider range than that. I'm having real trouble with those tones you get by covering only half the hole on the back of the recorder though, it takes a lot of practice to get them right.

Half-finished spencer

Now it need some more hooks, all the eyes and a collar. The pictures are taken before I sewed any of the hooks, so it's only pinned on. You can see that I will need to open the shoulder seams (which are way back on the back) and reduce the slope to get the neck right. This is a common problem for me when using period patterns or patterns taken from preserved garments. My shoulders are totally straight so most patterns just don't fit. But I never give up and believe that somehow the angles of the shoulders on period patterns will fit me.

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