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Before you blame anything on the recorder, make sure it isn't actually your fault. On the low notes, it's imperative that the fingers close all holes very tightly, even a tiny leak will cause them to ...

As you've observed, the intonation of a recorder is highly sensitive to the pressure it's played at, i.e. to the dynamics. It should not be understood as a “keyed” instrument where the fingers just ...

Assuming you have a good instrument with a separate foot joint: Try pulling the foot joint out a bit (start with 1 mm), this will flatten the C. It will also flatten the C# a bit (but not as much), ...

It is a usable alternative, but you will get the best tone and tuning from the pinched note. Depending on your individual instrument you may find that it needs a bit more breath pressure than the '...

There's no easy solution here. One B fingering makes A-B easy, and the other makes B-C easy. You just have to pick which transition is more critical. This 1/2 "flip" (going from 1-- to -2-) is very ...

Respectfully, switch to a recorder with Baroque/modern fingerings. German-fingered recorders are simply not up to snuff once one gets past novice tunes and you want to explore the real literature or ...

These notes are always tricky, because they are using the thumbhole, partly closed, to jump up the octave, and the thumbhole is not far enough up the instrument to be in the ideal position to do this ...

The recorder has a very limited range of dynamics. If the instrument is very sharp, you are blowing too hard.

Breath pressure is the key to good, in-tune, low tones. That said, make sure your fingers cover all the holes without tension. If you think about exhaling slowly but steadily your low long tone ...