The recorder and the corona virus

Update January 1, 2021

Currently I have to keep my workshop cloed for public - however I am present for you!

This means:

• I am not allowed to welcome you in my shop - for the time being .
• Should you be close by and we can agree in advanceI can accept or hand out  goods at the shop door.
• I will be available for you by phone or mail  - also your parcel will reach me.
• As far as my stock allows we can arrange approval shippings  - as a replacement  for your visit, in my shop or during an exhibition.
• For testing you will get only instruments which have been disinfected before.
• The same way I will disinfect each instrument you will give to me.

About shipping:

DHL seems to have found back to a kind of "regular mode".
So it is possible again to send instruments by standard post/DHL.

Please note - as usual:

• Please send instruments ONLY as a registered parcel!
• To my address I ask you to add always "Floenbau" to my name - a couple of parcel carriers seem to be unable to find me otherwise.
• Please apply a brief description of your requests and your complete return address INTO the parcel!

Many thanks!

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Also we recorder players can't get around the topic "corona virus".
When instruments get into other hands (and other lips) they can become a source of infection. And with everything we know about this virus, it's clear that even people without symptoms of illness can be contagious for a certain time.

For me as a recorder maker, this is of course an almost everyday topic I have to deal with.

How to avoid infection risks:

• Every instrument that comes into my workshop is thoroughly disinfected before I take it to my lips.
• The same I do with every instrument before shipping.
• For disinfection I use an alcohol-based agent. When used properly, this works sufficiently well against corona and some related virus types (for example influenza). This is the state of information that I have come across from medical experts.
  Also important: alcohol does neither harm the material nor you as a player - at least when it has evaporated. When the wood surface is lightly oiled afterwards, no instrument will suffer any damage.

This is how I do my best to avoid unnecessary risks.
If you do your part we will continue to enjoy our wonderful instruments.