Treble Recorder
about 1790 (Made)
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Traditionally, recorders flare outwards towards the base in a conical fashion, but with a narrow hole and thick wooden surround at the bottom. However, this example, while seeming to narrow towards the end, has a much broader hole than the earlier recorders, probably so as to make it sound louder and more like a flute. It is played in G, instead of F, the standard pitch of treble recorders. Boxwood was often used for making recorders and flutes during the 18th century.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Turned and stained boxwood tubing, turned ivory mounts |
| Brief description | Treble recorder, stained boxwood with ivory mounts, English, about 1790. |
| Physical description | "Stained boxwood, in three joints with ivory mounts. The foot joint is shaped in the style of flutes of the period. The pitch of the instrument is a whole tone higher than that of the normal treble recorder, the lowest note sounding G". Anthony Baines,Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments (London, 1998), p. 87 |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed to the Museum by N.S.Heineker, Esq |
| Object history | Bequeathed by N.S.Heineker. |
| Summary | Traditionally, recorders flare outwards towards the base in a conical fashion, but with a narrow hole and thick wooden surround at the bottom. However, this example, while seeming to narrow towards the end, has a much broader hole than the earlier recorders, probably so as to make it sound louder and more like a flute. It is played in G, instead of F, the standard pitch of treble recorders. Boxwood was often used for making recorders and flutes during the 18th century. |
| Bibliographic reference | Anthony Baines: Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments. (London, 1998), p. 86 |
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| Accession number | 695-1883 |
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| Record created | May 16, 2001 |
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