Remember the recorder? It's that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that's often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. But ...

It was the first musical instrument many of us learned to play when we were young, but the squealing and squeaking of the recorder is more of a nuisance than a charm for many parents. The recorder has ...

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