Tenor recorder

'Stained boxwood in three joints. There is also a beehive-shaped removable cap with a blowing hole at the top. Under the cap, the top of the head is cut away to leave a 1.4 cm space, presumably to contain a sponge. The foot joint is shaped as in flutes of the period (as in 20/8 [Museum no. 695-1883]). A hole has later been pierced in the cap, perhaps for affixing a membrane which would give a buzzing sound when the player hummed whilst playing.' - Anthony BainesCatalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments(London, 1998), p. 87.