Treble recorder, nominal pitch: F
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InstrumentTreble recorder |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerArnold Dolmetsch |
Place MadeHaslemere ; England ; United Kingdom ; Europe |
Date MadeCirca 1928 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Light wood [service tree]; 3 sections; 7 finger-holes plus thumb-hole; tone-holes undercut. English fingering. Performance characteristics: F⁵ (written) too sharp. Usable pitch: A⁴ = c 439 Hz (c 5 cents below A⁴ = 440 Hz). General usage of type: Arnold Dolmetsch commenced making recorders following the loss of his Bressan treble recorder (see previous ownership, below). His first instruments were at low pitch (A₄ = 415 Hz); c 1928 he began producing recorders scaled up to A₄ = 439 Hz. Specific usage history: In 1994, Carl Dolmetsch stated that this instrument was the first of Arnold Dolmetsch's treble recorders to be built at A₄ = 439 Hz. |
Other InformationGeneral usage of type: Arnold Dolmetsch commenced making recorders following the loss of his Bressan treble recorder (see previous ownership, below). His first instruments were at low pitch (A₄ = 415 Hz); c 1928 he began producing recorders scaled up to A₄ = 439 Hz. Specific usage history: In 1994, Carl Dolmetsch stated that this instrument was the first of Arnold Dolmetsch's treble recorders to be built at A₄ = 439 Hz. |
NotesEdgar Hunt, 1985; E. Smith, 2010. |
Measurements470. |
ProvenanceGiven to Geoffrey Rendall by Arnold Dolmetsch as a token of gratitude for the finding by Rendall of the Bressan recorder lost by Dolmetsch at Waterloo railway station in 1918. |
CollectionRendall Collection ; MIMEd |
Accession Number0259 |