| ID: |
1 |
| City: |
Antwerp |
| Collection: |
Vleeshuis Museum |
| Museum inventory number: |
134(VH2111) |
| Type: |
extended great bass |
| Pitch relative to A440: |
F#+ |
| Makers mark: |
double trefoil |
| Speaking length: |
2433 |
| Blockline to thumbhole: |
564 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 1: |
592 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 2: |
634 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 3: |
675 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 4: |
956 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 5: |
1000 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 6: |
1045 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 7: |
1318.5 |
| Maximum bore diameter: |
50 |
| Minimum bore diameter: |
28 |
| Width of window: |
28 |
| Cut up of window: |
10 |
| Material: |
Maple, originally had four keys, now replacements |
| Notes: |
Extended recorder, lowest note is C#, with all 10 holes closed. F# is produced by the fingering 0 123 4567. |
| Sources: |
Museum catalogue. Marvin, Bob (1972). Recorders and English flutes in European collections. The Galpin Society Journal 25: 30-57. |
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| ID: |
2 |
| City: |
Berlin |
| Collection: |
Musikhistorisches Museum |
| Museum inventory number: |
656 |
| Type: |
basset |
| Pitch relative to A440: |
g |
| Makers mark: |
KK |
| Speaking length: |
832 |
| Blockline to thumbhole: |
271 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 1: |
310 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 2: |
354 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 3: |
397 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 4: |
478 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 5: |
526 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 6: |
569 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 7: |
679 |
| Maximum bore diameter: |
33.3 |
| Minimum bore diameter: |
25.8 |
| Width of window: |
20.3 |
| Cut up of window: |
7.3 |
| Material: |
|
| Notes: |
Originally from St Wenzels Kirche, Naumburg. |
| Sources: |
Adriana Breukink (pers. comm.) |
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| ID: |
3 |
| City: |
Berlin |
| Collection: |
Musikhistorisches Museum |
| Museum inventory number: |
659 |
| Type: |
tenor |
| Pitch relative to A440: |
c#' |
| Makers mark: |
HD |
| Speaking length: |
543 |
| Blockline to thumbhole: |
192.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 1: |
212 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 2: |
249 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 3: |
285 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 4: |
325.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 5: |
360.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 6: |
402 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 7: |
433.5 |
| Maximum bore diameter: |
22.4 |
| Minimum bore diameter: |
17.4 |
| Width of window: |
14.4 |
| Cut up of window: |
5.8 |
| Material: |
Maple |
| Notes: |
This instrument has a small mark below the window, which could almost be a trefoil with a left pointing stalk, similar to Brussels M1024 |
| Sources: |
Adriana Breukink (pers. comm.), Thomas Lerch, Vergleichende Untersuchung von Bohrungsprofilen Historischer Blockflöten des Barock (Berlin 1996.) |
| Information Sheet: |
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| ID: |
4 |
| City: |
Berlin |
| Collection: |
Musikhistorisches Museum |
| Museum inventory number: |
660 |
| Type: |
tenor |
| Pitch relative to A440: |
c#' |
| Makers mark: |
HD |
| Speaking length: |
546 |
| Blockline to thumbhole: |
193.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 1: |
217 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 2: |
253 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 3: |
287 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 4: |
327.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 5: |
365 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 6: |
402 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 7: |
436 |
| Maximum bore diameter: |
22.7 |
| Minimum bore diameter: |
17.5 |
| Width of window: |
14.2 |
| Cut up of window: |
5.1 |
| Material: |
Maple |
| Notes: |
Voicing: windway, window and blowing side, towards the player. |
| Sources: |
Gustav Scheck (1975). Die Flöte und ihr Musik. Mainz, Thomas Lerch, Vergleichende Untersuchung von Bohrungsprofilen Historischer Blockflöten des Barock (Berlin 1996.) |
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| ID: |
6 |
| City: |
Berlin |
| Collection: |
Musikhistorisches Museum |
| Museum inventory number: |
2820 |
| Type: |
basset |
| Pitch relative to A440: |
f |
| Makers mark: |
A.T. ROL |
| Speaking length: |
876 |
| Blockline to thumbhole: |
268 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 1: |
303 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 2: |
347 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 3: |
387.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 4: |
490.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 5: |
530.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 6: |
571.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 7: |
701 |
| Maximum bore diameter: |
35.2 |
| Minimum bore diameter: |
28.1 |
| Width of window: |
19.3 |
| Cut up of window: |
7.3 |
| Material: |
|
| Notes: |
Voicing: windway, window and blowing side, towards the player. |
| Sources: |
Marvin, Bob (1972). Recorders and English flutes in European collections. Galpin Society Journal 25: 30-57. |
| Information Sheet: |
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| ID: |
7 |
| City: |
Bologna |
| Collection: |
Museo Della Musica (Formerly in Museo Civico Medievale) |
| Museum inventory number: |
1768 |
| Type: |
basset |
| Pitch relative to A440: |
f# |
| Makers mark: |
! ! ML-J type A |
| Speaking length: |
852 |
| Blockline to thumbhole: |
272 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 1: |
296 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 2: |
340.6 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 3: |
380.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 4: |
478.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 5: |
525 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 6: |
566.8 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 7: |
679.8 |
| Maximum bore diameter: |
|
| Minimum bore diameter: |
|
| Width of window: |
20.0 |
| Cut up of window: |
7.3 |
| Material: |
Boxwood |
| Notes: |
|
| Sources: |
My own observations and measurements; Meer, John Henry van der (1993). Strumenti Musicale Europei del Musico Civico Medievale di Bologna. Nuova Alfa Editoriale, Bologna. |
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| ID: |
8 |
| City: |
Bologna |
| Collection: |
Museo Della Musica (Formerly in Museo Civico Medievale) |
| Museum inventory number: |
1815 |
| Type: |
basset |
| Pitch relative to A440: |
f# |
| Makers mark: |
! ! ML-J type A |
| Speaking length: |
850 |
| Blockline to thumbhole: |
269 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 1: |
295.3 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 2: |
339 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 3: |
377.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 4: |
475 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 5: |
520.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 6: |
560.3 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 7: |
670 |
| Maximum bore diameter: |
|
| Minimum bore diameter: |
|
| Width of window: |
21.5 |
| Cut up of window: |
5.9 |
| Material: |
Boxwood |
| Notes: |
|
| Sources: |
My own observations and measurements; Meer, John Henry van der (1993). Strumenti Musicale Europei del Musico Civico Medievale di Bologna. Nuova Alfa Editoriale, Bologna. |
| Information Sheet: |
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| ID: |
9 |
| City: |
Bologna |
| Collection: |
Museo Della Musica (Formerly in Museo Civico Medievale) |
| Museum inventory number: |
1830 |
| Type: |
basset |
| Pitch relative to A440: |
g# (estimate of original pitch) |
| Makers mark: |
! ! ML-J type L |
| Speaking length: |
|
| Blockline to thumbhole: |
225 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 1: |
252 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 2: |
292.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 3: |
335.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 4: |
417.5 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 5: |
465.3 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 6: |
505 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 7: |
|
| Maximum bore diameter: |
|
| Minimum bore diameter: |
|
| Width of window: |
17.7 |
| Cut up of window: |
6.9 |
| Material: |
Yew |
| Notes: |
New baroque foot added, with clarinet-type keys! |
| Sources: |
My own observations and measurements; Meer, John Henry van der (1993). Strumenti Musicale Europei del Musico Civico Medievale di Bologna. Nuova Alfa Editoriale, Bologna. |
| Information Sheet: |
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| ID: |
10 |
| City: |
Bologna |
| Collection: |
Museo Della Musica (Formerly in Museo Civico Medievale) |
| Museum inventory number: |
1839 |
| Type: |
tenor |
| Pitch relative to A440: |
c#' (estimate of original pitch) |
| Makers mark: |
! ! ! ML-J type A |
| Speaking length: |
|
| Blockline to thumbhole: |
187.9 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 1: |
206.1 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 2: |
242.2 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 3: |
277 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 4: |
326.8 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 5: |
364.6 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 6: |
400 |
| Blockline to fingerhole 7: |
|
| Maximum bore diameter: |
|
| Minimum bore diameter: |
|
| Width of window: |
17.0 |
| Cut up of window: |
7.0 |
| Material: |
Boxwood |
| Notes: |
New baroque foot added, with clarinet-type keys! Hole positions given in catalogue are highly incorrect. |
| Sources: |
My own observations and measurements; Meer, John Henry van der (1993). Strumenti Musicale Europei del Musico Civico Medievale di Bologna. Nuova Alfa Editoriale, Bologna. |
| Information Sheet: |
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