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Treble recorder

"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

  • Date:
    about 1790 (Made)
  • Maker:
    Unknown
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    England
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  • Materials:Turned and stained boxwood tubing, turned ivory mounts
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 40 cm total length