If you’re never seen a ‘Silberton’ or ‘Silverton’ all-metal soprano recorder before, then now’s your chance. Here is a fine example of this instrument. It was designed and developed by the Hungarian Gyula FOKY-GRUBER (1927-2014). He left his homeland for Vienna following the Hungarian Uprising in 1956, where he studied and started to make instruments. Two companies, namely AMATI and HOPF, produced these types of instruments.

Yet our little Silberton recorder has no maker’s stamp. It is rumoured that Gyula Foky-Gruber was making them again by himself in small series – in silver. Could this be one of his? Or a sort of prototype?

The recorder has a thumb rest and tuning slide. It has German fingering and plays in C at a=442 Hz. The sound is extremely bright and colourful… not to mention LOUD!  A perfect instrument for all types of folk music or jazz.