Standing on one leg and recorder bell keys

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Does the recorder (at least the treble recorder) really require you to stand on one leg from time to time in order to bring your knee up to the bell in order to reach some of the highest notes like F# or A? It seems like you could get a bit unbalanced when playing.

How many recorders feature a bell key? I had a look online and saw the Dolmetsch seemed to have invented one, but it doesn't seem to be widespread at all and doesn't regularly feature on other makes.

How do people manage to reach the high notes? Do you just accept you have to do a balancing act as part of your playing?

 

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Does the recorder (at least the treble recorder) really require you to stand on one leg from time to time in order to bring your knee up to the bell in order to reach some of the highest notes like F# or A? It seems like you could get a bit unbalanced when playing.

How many recorders feature a bell key? I had a look online and saw the Dolmetsch seemed to have invented one, but it doesn't seem to be widespread at all and doesn't regularly feature on other makes.

An old message, but it looks like you never received a response. It is true, that on the baroque recorder you do need to shade the bell hole to play a couple of the highest notes -- the high f sharp and a on the treble are the two most common. You can, of course, play the the recorder seated, in which case it is quite a simple matter. Standing, you do need to lift one leg up to meet the flute. A bit tricky and it does require some practice, but then the highest register on the recorder as a whole generally requires a good deal of practice to play easily and well.

You can see this on various YouTube videos, but it often happens so quickly that one can easily miss the action. In the video linked below of the Albinoni Adagio, you can see a fairly difficult example, where the bell tone is held for some time...