There is a young genius who comes to my local session who actually PLAYS the thing. He has a tenor and it is not uncommon, when he starts a tune, for the rest of us just to shut up to listen gobsmacked.
Mind, I used to think a recorder was a pretty soppy "instrument" until I heard a certain local ceilidh band with a member who plays "killer recorder" ... But I was probably jealous, because the teachers at my Junior School seemed to believe that the possession of a pair of ovaries was a necessary qualification to play this instrument!