A British music education organization reports that use of recorders are declining in the classroom. We wonder: Why were they there to start with? And why is "Hot Cross Buns" such a banger?

The Recorders and Early Music Union did not like the sound of the latest ad for Pink Batts and filed an official complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

Anyway, despite losing the instrument, Arnold had created detailed schematics of the old recorder and began mass-producing the instrument.

Dutch recorder player, who performed with the HK Philharmonic Orchestra, tells us why her instrument is badly misunderstood ...