ISO Ariel recorders

[Carson Turner]

I have been looking for a recorder marked Ariel by Armstrong. I have
contacted Armstrong Flute and they are not familiar. I have an Si and So
and would like to find Alto and Tenor to match.

Anyone know this model?

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[Laura F. Willard]

I have an Ariel tenor which I quite like...

At the web site:
http://www.iinet.net.au/~nickl/makers.html#Saunders
you can find a very comprehensive listing of recorder brands, makers and
stockists.
The information for Ariel is listed as:

Ariel
Gevim
D.N. Hof Ashkelon 79165
Israel
tel. 07-802233
fax. 07 802163/802230

Stockists:
Musantiqua (http://www.otal.net/~muzart)
Notenschlüssel (Susanne Beck, Metzgergasse 8, D-72070 Tübingen,
Germany
tel. +49-7071-26081, fax +49-7071-26395)
Saunders Recorders (205 Whiteladies Road (Blackboy Hill), Clifton,
Bristol BS8 2XT
UK, tel./fax +44 0117 9735149)
Schäfers Musikladen and Cornetto-Verlag
(http://www2.pop-stuttgart.net/wschaefer/musikla.htm)
Ellis Setton (Australia, tel./fax +61 02 959 5596)

Another of their (US) stockists (& whence came my instrument) is:

Boulder Early Music Shop
3200 Valmont Rd - #7
Boulder, Colorado, 80301
USA

tel. +1 (800) 499-1301, (303) 449-9231
fax +1 (303) 449-3819
email rlh...@aol.com
WWW Page: http://www.bems.com
Store Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10.30 am - 5.30 pm

Their listing of Ariel recorders is as follows:

ARIEL AND ZAMIR RECORDERS BY THE ZAMIR RECORDER INDUSTRY OF ISRAEL. The cost
of these instruments is surprisingly moderate, but their sound quality can
compete with the best. (Prices in US Dollars)

Zamir Model, a simple, good recorder for the beginning student.

SRB52 Sopranino, 1 pc. Maple 39.00
SB102 Soprano, 2 pc. Maple 22.00
AB202 Alto, Maple 58.00
TB302 Tenor with C key, Maple 114.00

Ariel Model, designed for the consort player

SRB50M Sopranino, 1 pc. Maple 46.00
SRB50R Sopranino, 1 pc. Rosewood 81.00
SRB50E Sopranino, 1 pc. Ebony 111.00
SB100M Soprano, 2 pc. Maple 35.00
SB100R Soprano, 2 pc. Rosewood 79.90
AB200M Alto Maple 81.00
AB200R Alto Rosewood 152.00
AB200E Alto Ebony 214.00
TB300M Tenor, C key Maple 140.00
TB300R Tenor, C key Rosewood 226.00
TB300E Tenor, C key Ebony 289.00
B401 Bass, direct blow Maple 690.00
B401b Bass, bocal Maple 690.00

Ariel Soloist Model, designed for solo and consort playing.

SB110M Soprano, 3 pc. Maple 81.00
SB110R Soprano, 3 pc. Rosewood 115.00
SB110E Soprano, 3 pc. Ebony 161.00
AB210M Alto Maple 132.00
AB210R Alto Rosewood 207.00
AB210E Alto Ebony 285.00
TB310M Tenor, keyless Maple 184.00
TB310R Tenor, keyless Rosewood 254.00
TB310E Tenor, keyless Ebony 314.00

Carson Turner wrote:

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