LIFEM

A Recorder Builder’s Odyssey

with Alan Cantor

Included with Thursday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Thursday Day Pass
Thurs 12 Nov, 14:00-14:45

Hearn Recital Room, Blackheath Halls

Included with Thursday Exhibition Plus Ticket or Thursday Day Pass

 


 

With no prior woodworking experience, Alan Cantor travelled from Canada to England to take Tim Cranmore’s five-day recorder-making course. During this multimedia presentation, he shares the excitement, challenges, and frustrations of learning to build a recorder from scratch — with no transferable skills to draw on.

 

The story has a happy ending: Alan arrived home with an incredible reproduction of a Stanesby Jr. alto in 415 Hz, turned from Canadian maple. Throughout the session, he will perform on the instrument he built.