Alto recorder: Low F better as a hole or as a key?
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Better than a hole. You only need the flap if you are immobile for reasons of illness or are small. You can also gradually open the hole or cover it with the flap.
[Double holes, however, are not objectively advantageous or only in a very special way. I don't like double holes. Baroque recorders rarely had them.]
Old block flutes with (unusual) cylindrical scale length can be so large that they need flaps for the right small finger, but these are usually 2 or 3 flaps for chromaticity in newer models. There are also old instruments that are designed with a flap. Among the new are the Eagle of Breukink, the modern and the Elody of Mollenhauer.
So who can take holes? Can you say something to the tenor recorder?
Yes; You will hardly find a professional who has a recorder only for convenience with a flap.
If it goes without.
However, if you decide differently for convenience why not.
In the tenor, it becomes more tricky, most (>50%) of all recorders find the grip width of the tenor not very pleasant. I personally prefer short tenor when it comes to baroque recorders, so without flaps. The manufacturers Moeck and Mollenhauer and many others build the baroque villages with flaps considerably longer, making their deep position more stable but less highly baroque-breaking colored.
At Tenor, it's rather a matter of taste.
Baroque handle (is better because more tones are possible) and deep F with double hole, then also goes F sharp. In my knowledge, we can only do it with a German touch.
I think that always comes to the preferences of the person who plays.I come along with both but have a flute without a flap.
The half-tone (fis) goes without a flap…