RASCOE: If you somehow managed to escape attending one of these concerts, the recorder is a woodwind music instrument. It's got a thumb hole and seven finger holes. And when it's played by a gaggle of ...

Remember the recorder? It's that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that's often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. But ...

For any Australian primary school child, there are two certainties in life: Witnessing an accident on a set of monkey bars, and being handed a recorder. For many kids, the wind instrument was either ...

For generations their shrill sound has echoed through school corridors. But now recorders are being replaced by an instrument that is easier on the ears - the ukulele. Not only do they produce rather ...