I still hold Bernolin's resin flutes in my sight and I've been for several years now. They sound absolutely lovely and they offer the flexibility of plastic... For a serious amateur they are simply perfect. I promised myself I will gift them to myself when I get to an upper intermediate level. Right now, the Yamaha 300 are still serving me very well.
Sarah, Thank-you for all your videos. I am getting so much pleasure and uplift from my recorder playing. It's helping me in dealing with some difficultues in my life at the moment. I hope the 'secret' gets out of how underappreciated the recorder is. Go Team Recorder!
Thanks so much for reviewing this recorder! I ordered a 415Hz soprano and I've been enjoying playing Van Eyck on a more suitable recorder than my Molenhauer baroque soprano. The Bernolin has a beautiful tone, particularly in the lower register.
At 4:43 when you sped up out of no where I DIED laughing lol. It sounded like music from Kirby games lol. I love the sound of these recorders! They’re surprisingly easy in the ears concidering they’re so high pitched.
You never fail to delight and give serenity all at the same time. And I love how you stuck the Flintstone theme in there at the end. Hehehe! A favorite show of mine.
I have his 415 alto and 415 Delusse traverso. Money well spent ... and I was considering the Van Eyck. Thank you for the video Sarah, as you have simplified my decision making process.
Thank you Sarah!! I too love my Bernolin recorders. In large halls they seem to be much stronger and "punchier" than my soggy wooden ones. Only catch, of course, is that resin recorders can't get SOGGY and WOODEN!! So in a lengthy piece one must be able to push a cotton cloth in and out quickly, in a natural musical break, to maintain the wonderful sound and function.
The double-holed body Bernolin calls "canto mondo" and he says it's good for any non-baroque music. I ordered the Van Eyck with the three bodies 2 weeks ago and am excitedly waiting for it to arrive. It seemed very serendipitous to see this video be the first in my youtube feed this morning!😊
@miguel.schionato I love them! I think that the canto mondo is the ideal busker's recorder, it has loud low notes that sound better in the breezy outdoors, (than a normal baroque recorder) and a unique look. The Van Eyck bodies sound lovely, too. The 415, in particular, has a beautiful tone.
Thank you so much for a great review Sarah. These sound lovely. I've also been umming and erring over his 415 resin alto .... but I wish a UK retailer (hello EMS!) would stock them to order or try in their shops because VAT and customs now is such a pain and really puts me off ordering from France. Love all your vids Sarah, you're a brilliant educator and you've really helped me get back into playing recently 😊
Thank you Sarah. Would really to love to buy the vincent Bernolin New Van Eyck Soprano/tean recorder and googled it but to no advail could you send a link? And I just want to thank you for all your energy and multi videos. It has helped me no end. I love your enthusiam and naturalness. What a gift to the world. xx
Thank you for the review. This might be my future soprano, I like the softness of the sound. I don't like the chirpy late baroque sopranos. The straight version looks a bit like a Rafi.
I have one of his sopranos and really like it! The quality is great. I love the sound of that 415 you played here! 🤯And.... Sarah knows the Flintstones theme song?? 🤯🤯
I've seen (and heard) a wooden Van Eyck recorder by Bernolin. Rather expensive for an amateur. This resin thingy with its nice smooth sound is very tempting, very. (Though much of the smoothness might be due to the player.)
that's a really nice sound! i'll have to keep these in mind when i get to the "skilled amateur/ semipro" level. seems like a really nice stepping stone to hold me over for a couple of years till i get to the point where i want a decent wooden recorder. it's a struggle seeing all these nice instruments, and wanting them all, when i'm only halfway through my first method book.
Hi Sarah, thanks for this review! Sounds really tempting... Because I'd very much appreciate a robust practising recorder which can be used for hours and hours. But I really wonder if that is true? What about the clogging / water build up, which could generally be expected with any kind of plastic recorder? Or Is it better for the Bernolin recorder due the wooden bloc it comes with? Or is it still an issue?
I know that Bernolin's recorders are of great quality, I have only seen and listened to them on video and they impressed me, but with a video you cannot draw conclusions, I have also read very positive comments, however I have got the idea that they are heavy, being handcrafted instruments that use excellent quality synthetic resins and we know that delrin polymer for flutes and recorders is the best but it is also heavier than heavier woods such as ebony and grenadilla also called black African wood. It would be interesting to compare the weight of these resin recorders with their wooden counterparts. However, I don't think that for a soprano or contralto it is a big problem but for tenor recorders, basses or baroque flutes, it is.
I have an alto resin Bernolin in 442 and it weighs 9.5 oz. A 440 Dolmetsch in rosewood weighs 9 oz. vs plastic: Aulos 509B 8 oz. Aulos Haka 8 oz. Yamaha Ecodear 8oz. So, yes, the Bernolin is somewhat heavier than regular plastic, and about the same weight as a dense wooden one, I'd say.
Had my eye on his resin instruments for a while. The big problem being I want all of them! More options is amazing but I’m not sure particularly helpful to me right now…
Hi Sarah, I just went into his website and the price is 477,95 for one body and 611,05 for two bodies. So it’s somewhat more expensive. Even so, I also have his resin baroque altos and sopranos, and they were great on my travels through the Americas, with all the changes from icy cold to tropical hot! I sometimes lend them to a student, too. They are a little bit heavy for long hours of studying, though, don’t you think so?
@@Team_RecorderThey are in any case worth it! And much better than “wearing out” your best instruments for sure 😃 The Van Eyck is an exciting addition!
How do resin instruments compare to mass produced wooden instruments like, say, Mollenhauer ones? The price sounds roughly comparable from what I remember?
I also have this question, particularly a direct comparison between the resin 415 alto and the Mollenhauer boxwood 415 alto as the prices are roughly the same but I can't try before I buy with the resin. Has anyone tried them both and can give a comparison?
Seems you're getting the same workmanship of small workshop wooden instrument, except cheaper because it's probably cheaper to order blocks of resin than actual wood. No need to age resin or choose the best piece!
I have played both extensively. The resin Bernolin is very well tune into the third octave. The sound is most like a hardwood recorder in the lower register, but it's both unforgiving and a bit screechy in the upper second and third octave. It seems to blend well with higher end baroque altos. The softer wood mollenhauer altos are much more forgiving and even, but sound less focused. Ideally, you should try both and see. Von Heune in the US allows you to trial instruments, and they sometimes have used Bernolins.
@@reeser8 I assumed that the resin parts of the resin recorders, being a kind of plastic, would be made in molds, but looking at the manufacturer's website, I see that that isn't the case; they say that getting geometry that can be replicated by a mold requires making compromises that affect the sound. That makes the fact that the price is so *much* higher than a typical plastic recorder make more sense.
