Yamaha YRB 302 B II Bass Recorder

I must admit that when this instrument arrived I was not very happy with it, but after playing it for some months now I have to say that my opinion has changed. I now feel quite happy playing the instrument and although it is not perfect, it has no significant flaws.

It is from plastic so you cannot expect too much out of it, if I had to expose one bad thing about this recorder is the lowest key for C and C#. The pad is not covering really well or the key is sloppy. It is from plastic. You really have to push hard with your pinky to force the key and pad to really close the hole for C. What I do and maybe it helps a bit is blowing warmly under the key in the pad so that it broadens a bit and maybe covers the hole a bit better before I start playing. This is a trick that we use with flute pads on a concert flute.