Documentary film screening

Crafting Recorders – The von Huene Workshop, Inc.

Documentary film screening

14 July / Cinema Csíki Mozi, Petőfi Stage / 20.00

2022 l 9–17 july

festival music early ciuc miercurea (USA, 2020) 33 min. Videography: Samuel Gossner – Host: Eric Haas

Th e documentary shows in details all the stages of the process of producing recorders: wood selection, turning and boring, broaching and carving, drilling, fi nishing and testing. It also presents the restoring of rare historical recorders. Th e von Huene Workshop was founded in 1960 by Friedrich von Huene, a pioneer in the reproduction of historical woodwinds. He began producing his own recorders in 1960 and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (1966) for a comparative study of historical woodwinds, becoming one of the fi rst makers to produce copies of original 18th century recorders. Today the workshop is renowned for making and repairing some of the fi nest recorders available in the world. Th e screening will be followed by a piece played live by Mária Szabó (Flauto Dolce) on a von Huene alto recorder.