Editing Recorder (musical instrument) (section)

===Materials===
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!Some hardwoods used to make recorders
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* [[Maple#Tonewood|maple]]wood (''[[Acer pseudoplatanus]]'', [[specific gravity]] 0.63)
* [[Pear#Uses|pear]]wood (''Pyrus communis'', specific gravity 0.65),
* [[Plum#Cultivation and uses|plum]]wood (''[[Prunus domestica]]'', specific gravity 0.79),
* Castello "[[boxwood]]" (''[[Calycophyllum]] multiflorum'', specific gravity 0.8),
* Zapatero "boxwood" (''[[Gossypiospermum]] praecox'', specific gravity 0.8),
* [[olive]]wood (''Olea europaea'', specific gravity 0.85),
* European boxwood (''[[Buxus sempervirens]]'', specific gravity 0.95),
* [[rosewood]] (including [[tulipwood]] (''[[Dalbergia]] decipularis'', specific gravity 0.95),
* palisander (''[[Dalbergia retusa]]'', specific gravity 1.05),
* [[Kingwood (wood)|kingwood]] (''[[Dalbergia cearensis]]'', specific gravity 1.2), etc.),
* [[ebony]] (''[[List of Diospyros species|Diospyros]] perrieri'', specific gravity 1.1), or
* grenadilla (''[[Dalbergia melanoxylon]]'', specific gravity 1.2)
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Recorders have historically been constructed from hardwoods and ivory, sometimes with metal tone [[key (instrument)|keys]]. Since the modern revival of the recorder, plastics have been used in the mass manufacture of recorders, as well as by a few individual makers.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Flutes and recorders -|url = http://www.bernolin.fr/english/resin.htm|website = www.bernolin.fr|access-date = 7 February 2016}}</ref>

Today, a wide variety of hardwoods are used to make recorder bodies.<ref>Trevor Robinson, ''The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker'', [[University of Massachusetts Press]], 1981. {{ISBN|0-87023-312-2}}. See chapter 2, "Wooden instruments, materials and methods"</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wood types|url=http://www.mollenhauer.com/en/useful-information/wood-types|publisher=[[Conrad Mollenhauer GmbH]]|access-date=9 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Moeck|title=The different woods|url=http://www.moeck.com/cms/index.php?id=196&L=1|publisher=Moeck|access-date=9 November 2014|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728135945/https://www.moeck.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=von Huene|title=The different woods|url=https://www.vonhuene.com/t-recorderwood.aspx|publisher=von Huene Workshop|access-date=9 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lazar|title=The different woods|url=http://www.lazarsearlymusic.com/Recorder-Woods/recorder_woods.htm|publisher=Bill Lazar's Early Music|access-date=9 November 2014|archive-date=9 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109185141/http://www.lazarsearlymusic.com/Recorder-Woods/recorder_woods.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=ASW|title=The different woods|url=http://www.aswltd.com/guiderec.htm#woods|publisher=Antique Sound Workshop|access-date=9 November 2014}}</ref> Relatively fewer varieties of wood are used to make recorder blocks, which are often made of red cedar, chosen because of its rot resistance, ability to absorb water, and low expansion when wet. A recent innovation is the use of synthetic ceramics in the manufacture of recorder blocks.<ref>{{Cite web|title = FAQs about Recorders{{Snd}} What is the Block of a Recorder Made Of?|url = http://www.mollenhauer.com/en/useful-information/frequently-asked-questions/1-Fragen%2520zur%2520Blockfl%25C3%25B6te/7-woraus-besteht-der-block-einer-blockfloete-#.VrY1ZCMrLb0|publisher=[[Conrad Mollenhauer GmbH]]|access-date = 6 February 2016|first = Markus|last = Berdux|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160207152914/http://www.mollenhauer.com/en/useful-information/frequently-asked-questions/1-Fragen%2520zur%2520Blockfl%25C3%25B6te/7-woraus-besteht-der-block-einer-blockfloete-#.VrY1ZCMrLb0|archive-date = 7 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>