Treble recorder, nominal pitch: F
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InstrumentTreble recorder |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerNikolaus Staub |
Place MadeCentral Europe ; Germany ; Europe ; Nuremberg |
Date MadePost 1700-1734 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Ivory; 6 sections, mouthpiece screws into short barrel, bell screws into short foot, and bottom of foot screws on; wooden block; 7 finger-holes plus thumb-hole; undercut tone-holes. Performance characteristics: voicing rather stuffy. Usable pitch: A⁴ = c 450 Hz (c 40 cents above A⁴ = 440 Hz). Signature/Marks: Stamped with very faint scroll containing the letters "---VB" and a few curved lines beneath [forming part of the monogram "NST"]; stamped "L" on base of foot. See also ivory flute (0018) (Vol. 2, Part D, Fascicle ii, p.59), made from 10 sections screwed together in a similar way to this recorder. |
NotesA. Myers, 1982; Edgar Hunt, 1985; E. Smith, 2010. |
Measurements491. |
CollectionMIMEd ; Rendall Collection |
Accession Number0258 |