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Treble recorder

"Boxwood in three joints, ivory mounted. The main joint has been cut down by about 14 mm, evidently with the intention of sharpening the instrument by about a semitone." Anthony Baines, Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments (London, 1998), p. 86

  • Date:
    ca. 1730 (made)
  • Maker:
    Schuchart, Johann
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Materials:turned boxwood tubing, turned ivory mounts
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  • Inscriptions:I/Schuchart
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 47 cm, Length: 42 cm sounding length, Diameter: 1.85 cm Bore (internal diameter) at top of main joint., Diameter: 1.45 cm bore at bottom of main joint, Diameter: 1.25 cm bore at lower end of the foot