FrankPerrone wrote:
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Anyway, I found the Yamaha tenor unconfortable to finger, not so much the hole spacing as the right wrist angle. ...
Straight tenors are uncomfortable for me as well, which is why I had my Aulos Robin transformed into a bent-neck ("knick") recorder. Kunath Instrumentebau in Germany (attached to Blockfloetenshop.de) have lots of experience, but everybody with the skill, a super-fine saw and the right glue (and the skill to use all that) could do it.
Regarding hole spacing, the completely keyless versions are easier for me than the ones with only a c-key (because the keyless ones are constructed differently in order to make the c-key unnecessary), but by far the most comfortable version is the one with four keys. Only the Mollenhauer Canta Komfort Knicktenor is now over 800 Euros, and that's the least expensive version "off the rack".
The way I see it, in order to play tenor recorder one either has to be lucky and have large hands, or be willing to train the hands to the stretch (and still lucky enough to have trainable hands), or to be willing and able to fork over the money. Or exceptionally lucky and find the "right" recorder by chance in a flea market.
Alternatively one could always skip tenor recorder and play f-bass instead. The one sold by Thomann has lousy keys (i. e. they are uncomfortable and hard to press) but the sound is not bad for a plastic instrument, probably better than that of the Yamaha bass (which was my favourite among the reputable brands).