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Mollenhauer "Swing", plastic.
"Ungarische Gavotte"
from
"Easy Pieces, Schott ED 4364".

I like this model. The one I am playing is one of the first production 'blackcurrant and vanilla' colourway! The black and beige version is virtually the same. I find the clear tone and the thin beak appealing.

This exam piece has been chosen to demonstrate my solution to the problem of the upper mordents on B (H). As with most baroque ornaments I start with the upper note, on the beat. With B the use of the alternative fingering is practically essential but it is not a good way of playing a note placed on the stongest beat of the bar. Starting high solves both the tone and the execution problem.