The right hand fingers are a bit of a

My hands ache from trying to hold the instrument.

You can move the right hand lower section to fit your little finger stretch and I did not have any particular difficulties with reaching the lower C.

The finger spacing for the right hand requires an octopus

A211A tenor recorder fits my hands well, and that's a good thing.

I have to stretch my right hand in order for my pinkie to reach the bottom holes to play the "C

But the wide space between the first and second fingers on the right hand is way beyond what I can maintain for more than a minute at a time.

I bought the 211A because I have very small hands, and my hands start aching after a while when I play a normal tenor (wooden or plastic) with wider reaches and keys for the low C and C#. I also dislike the clicking sound those keys tend to make on a plastic tenor

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.

I have played a German-fingered Hohner wooden soprano (the cheap one) for over a year, and of course I like the sound of a wooden recorder better, but I had two problems with it: first, I could never really play C# and D# well enough because it doesn't have double-holes

Low D is better, though still a bit weak.

Low D is better, though still a bit weak.