Search  for anything...
Aulos

Aulos 211A Robin Tenor Recorder

    • Based on 98 reviews
Condition: New
Checking for product changes
$49.00 Why this price?
Save $20.02 was $69.02

Buy Now, Pay Later

As low as $8.17 / mo
  • – 6-month term
  • – No impact on credit
  • – Instant approval decision
  • – Secure and straightforward checkout

Ready to go? Add this product to your cart and select a plan during checkout. Payment plans are offered through our trusted finance partners Klarna, PayTomorrow, Apple Pay, and PayPal. No-credit-needed leasing options through Acima may also be available at checkout.

Learn more about financing & leasing here.

Free shipping on this product

This item is eligible for return within 30 days of receipt

To qualify for a full refund, items must be returned in their original, unused condition. If an item is returned in a used, damaged, or materially different state, you may be granted a partial refund.

To initiate a return, please visit our Returns Center.

View our full returns policy here.

Availability: Only 6 left in stock, order soon!
Fulfilled by Amazon
Arrives Tuesday, May 7
Order within 13 hours and 10 minutes
Available payment plans shown during checkout

Features

  • Ideal for the beginner to intermediate player
  • Beautiful clear and gentle tone
  • Produced from ABS plastic with a curved windway design for improved intonation
  • Great for younger students - overall design suits smaller hands
  • Complete with leatherette bag, fingering chart, cleaning rod and joint grease

Description

The Aulos 211A tenor recorder is part of the well-known and popular 'Robin' range which includes the 205A soprano and 209B alto recorders. The instrument is produced using dark brown ABS resin which is hard wearing and of a very consistent quality. The instrument is a little smaller than some tenor recorders which makes it lighter than other. This coupled with finger holes which are less widely spaced make it the ideal model for the younger player - it is lighter and suits smaller hands. The instrument plays in the key of C and has a range from middle C to the D two octaves above that. It is supplied with a fitted leatherette bag along with a very detailed and useful fingering chart. It also comes with joint grease and a cleaning rod to keep the recorder in tip top condition. The tenor recorder produces a richer, deeper tone than the soprano version and because of this model's lightweight design it is the ideal instrument to progress to for the younger student.


Color: brown/ivory colored


Brand: Aulos


Instrument Key: C


Material: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene


Style: baroque fingering/with double holes


Item Weight: 12.6 ounces


Product Dimensions: 24 x 1.75 x 1.75 inches


Item model number: 211A


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: July 16, 2004


Color Name: brown/ivory colored


Scale Length: inches


Material Type: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene


Musical Style: world-music


Instrument Key: C


Size: Robin


Proficiency Level: Beginner


Frequently asked questions

If you place your order now, the estimated arrival date for this product is: Tuesday, May 7

Yes, absolutely! You may return this product for a full refund within 30 days of receiving it.

To initiate a return, please visit our Returns Center.

View our full returns policy here.

  • Klarna Financing
  • Klarna Pay in 4
  • PayTomorrow Financing
  • Apple Pay Later
Leasing options through Acima may also be available during checkout.

Learn more about financing & leasing here.

Similar Products

Top Amazon Reviews

    • Love it – Plays Beautifully
Style: baroque fingering/with double holes Pattern: Single
I really like the Aulos brand. Quality ABS recorders, and they always play nicely. This one is a particular bargain add only $50. Very pleased with the purchase.
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2023 by PG
    • Sounds great!
Style: baroque fingering/with double holes Pattern: Single
This Aulos was well worth the money. I like it because it can be reached and doesn't have those annoying clacking keys. It's got a nice mellow sound too. Keep in mind it will clog with condensation, afterall it is plastic! Put your finger over the top of the window and blow to clear it, and you're good to go. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2023 by Velvet Green
    • Not for actually small hands
Style: baroque fingering/with double holes Pattern: Single
I had high hopes for being able to play this tenor, but however "small hands" are defined, they're not as small as mine! Both the left hand and right had stretches were too large for me to be able to play it. It makes a sweet sound and I'm sorry I couldn't manage it.
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2023 by reader
    • Good recorder, depending upon your needs.
Style: baroque fingering/with double holes Pattern: Single
Decent plastic recorder for the price. It has a nice, weighty feel. Like any recorder, you're going to have to play it for a while to get to know its quirks and which notes need extra attention/coaxing; even mass-produced instruments like this will all have their own individual idiosyncrasies. I find the upper range to not come as easily as with my wooden tenor, but that's probably just due to me not quite being used to this instrument quite yet. The middle and lower ranges speak beautifully. So if I have a great wooden tenor already, why did I buy this? Two reasons: (i) my wooden recorder has a key for the bottom hole, which isn't too authentic to the Renaissance and yes, this bothered me, and (ii) I landed a gig for a madrigal feaste, and the person doing the arrangements for the pieces decided to arrange something in the key of A major (ugh, WHY?!) and I needed that half-hole option for a low C#. (Side note to anyone arranging anything for renaissance-style, non-keyed recorders - for the love of all that is good and holy, don't stray too far from C major/A minor, two sharps or two flats MAX. The tuning gets increasingly wonky because of how the instruments are made. This is why you see recorders used for Bach, Handel, etc. often have many keys.) This recorder is advertised as being made for smaller hands. I'm not sure about that. I have pretty average-sized woman hands, and my little finger on my right hand--THE most important reach on a tenor recorder with no key--has to stretch pretty far to get good coverage on that lowest hole. Again, I probably just need to spend more time with the instrument, but I do find the reach to be a bit challenging. Younger recorder students would almost certainly have reach issues; might be better for them to get an instrument with a split key for the bottom hole. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2019 by Suz
    • If you want a tenor, but have small hands
Style: baroque fingering/with double holes Pattern: Single
Every recorder player on YouTube claims to have small hands and that they’ve been able to stretch the larger recorders. I call phooey on that. I work in the medical field, and I use size small gloves. I really do have small hands. I can play a soprano and an alto. The reach on an alto is really about all I can handle. I bought a regular tenor some years ago and I couldn’t play it. I was looking into the comfort tenor by Mollenhauer, but wasn’t really wanting all the work and maintenance of a wooden recorder (I’m a dabbler, not a professional), and I certainly didn’t want that price tag. I came across a YouTube video of this one, and the guy mentioned that if you can reach an alto, you can reach the holes on this. I saw a video where a recorder maker said that it doesn’t matter where the holes are in terms of the sound. The holes are all different sizes, and that’s what makes the different notes. So, frankly, I don’t know why more recorders aren’t made with the holes in a more reachable spot. Anyway, I can reach all the holes on this recorder. It’s not necessarily easy or comfortable (yet!), but I can reach them all, and it doesn’t seem to take much air. I just exhale into it for the lowest notes, and the higher notes don’t take much, either. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2022 by Genevieve Katz
    • Experience after a year
I purchased this recorder in June 2014, so I've got a bit more than a year's experience with it as of this writing. My other records (SAB) are Yamaha 300 series. I got this Aulos because I wasn't very comfortable playing the Yamaha 300 series tenor. I'm an intermediate player; probably others with more experience do more with the instrument than I, but I think I can at least speak to what it does well and what requires more struggle. The good: Definitely the reach is easier than on the Yamaha 300 tenor that I used for a while. My middle three fingers can comfortably span 4", or can do 5" with a stretch. My first finger to pinky is 6" comfortably, 7" stretching. I could manage with the Yamaha, but this is less tiring during longer sessions. The one caveat is that I find the low C to be a little finicky. It probably depends somewhat on things like the humidity (and therefore the condition of my skin), but some days it seems I require either more force to get a good seal or a somewhat awkward twist on the right wrist and/or elbow. I like the sound in the middle part of the range; the instrument plays very easily there. Up through high G is no trouble. The price I paid was very reasonable. The bad: I don't like the low C. Even when it's not finicky to produce, it has a thin and somewhat weak tone. Perhaps that's a compromise from having such a short instrument. The Yamaha that I used had a key/lever for the low C/C# instead of the double hole that the Aulos features. I prefer the Aulos arrangement on purely ergonomic grounds, but I liked the Yamaha sound better. Low D is better, though still a bit weak. I think the sweet spot starts with the E. High A and above starts to require more care, though I can generally manage at least the A reliably. This is similar to my skill with the Yamaha though, so I don't have reason to think the instrument has a problem with higher notes. Fortunately I rarely encounter a need for the higher notes in the music that my consort plays. I have significantly more clogging issues with this recorder than I do with my Yamahas. The frequency of clogging is one aspect, but I find that the rate at which the recorder goes from sounding good to sounding weak and airy is worse. With the Yamahas, I feel like I have lots of time before there's any noticeable effect, plus plenty of time between when the tone is beginning to deteriorate and when it really sounds bad. That warning time is usually enough that I'll come to a spot where I can clear it before it gets to the bad stage. The Aulos seems to fall apart more rapidly, so I have to be very diligent about clearing every chance I get, and even then I sometimes run into issues with longer passages where there's no good spot to clear. Overall: a reasonable instrument for the money, pretty comfortable to play, but with a couple of compromises. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2015 by David

Can't find a product?

Find it on Amazon first, then paste the link below.