Recorder fact #2 Recorders were popular in England and Europe from the 1300s to the end of the 1700s. The first plastic recorders were made in the 1930's.
Recorder fact #3 The largest recorder ever made was 5 m long and each hole was 8.5 cm wide. It was made from specially treated pine and was fully functioning. That is a recorder as tall as a giraffe!