AND the Aulos has one other, huge advantage

Also have a cheap Yamaha alto and soprano, good instruments, easy to play but like not expressive as my Haka based Aulos and the soprano not the same quality for the elite Aulos soprano.

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

The Aulos A211A recorder is cheaper than a full sized instrument.

This Aulos is worth owning just to spare the Moeck any risk, but I wouldn't be too happy with it if it were my only tenor recorder --

Since I have many other excellent Aulos instruments, including their plastic imitation Grenser Baroque flute, I had high expectations for this one

I have played both Aulos and Yamaha recorders and prefer Aulos

I an owner of another two Aulos recorders, an Aulos Haka alto and elite Aulos soprano, have this both quality instruments persuade me to buy this tenor and not regret about my choice

Anyway, the Aulos is always ready to play - it's

In my choice win the Aulos, but you make your own decision

I can reach the holes on my regular Tenor recorder with the key just as well as I can on this one.

It is every bit as sturdy and functional as I will ever need.