Greg, Unless your wife is also an accomplished high trumpet player, the zink, in either form, will be a real bear-- think angry, surly polar bear, not just plain black bear or grizzly bear. We've all read how they finger "just like a recorder." Well, they don't! They finger sorta, kinda like a recorder, but they're generally in D or A and pitch centers are sufficiently broad that the bottom two notes are both played with all holes closed. You can get any number of other notes with this fingering as well. Cheers, Steve
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