RECORDERS PITCH A=440
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a fingering chart and a soft protective case,
hand made from
beautiful wools
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SESSION RECORDERS
Following
numerous requests
and the building of special recorders for customers, we have
decided to include these recorders in the catalogue.
They are
descant instruments in C (A=440) with a tuning slide to allow players
to tune up or down to suit the vagaries of pub sessions.The tuning
slide consists of telescoping brass tubes which make little
difference to the bore diameter when the slide is pulled out.
There are limitations as regards the instruments internal tuning
but you can expect satisfactory performance within a semitone of
concert pitch.
Built in Mopane or African Blackwood with a
silver plated ferrule
these recorders produce a good carrying tone with wonderful volume
suitable for the loudest session.
Price £ 240.00
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RENAISSANCE RECORDERS PITCH A=440
Renaissance recorders appeared in the early 16th century and
survived until the more sophisticated baroque recorder replaced it
in the early 18th century. Early examples had wide bores and a warm
tone with good volume. My renaissance recorders are typical of this type. We make in
boxwood (descants only), maple or fruit woods
optionally stained with nitric acid.
Many originals can be found in museums around Europe most notably
in Vienna.
Descant recorder in C £ 195.00
Treble recorder in F £ 320.00
Tenor recorder in C £ 460.00
Bass (basset) recorder in F £ 1,720.00
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MEDIEVAL RECORDERS
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My descant medieval recorders are parallel bored
instruments with
an open voicing giving good volume and flexibility combined with an
excellent tone. They are pitched at A=440 which is suitable for
renaissance and earlier period music as well as fitting in with
modern instruments. A full two octaves and accurate tuning make
these recorders extremely popular with musicians at all levels.
They are available in three different styles (as seen below) based
on original finds, museum exhibits and period illustrations.
MEDIEVAL RECORDER .
Iconographical evidence
points to the existence of simple fipple flutes like this one but
it is difficult to distinguish from drawings and paintings as to
the number of holes in a given instrument. My medieval recorders
follow the French notion "Flutes a neuf trous" although we only
drill the ninth (left handed) hole when this is specified by the
customer. Although there are numerous alterations made by my own
development work acknowledgement must be made to A.E MOULDER and
A.LORRETTO for the original "conjectural medieval recorder"
in the Bate collection, Oxford, which was my inspiration for
this model.
Price £ 155.00
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DORDRECHT RECORDER
Found in 1958 under the foundations of a house (Huis te Merwede)
in Dordrecht in the Netherlands and radio carbon dated to 1250
the Dordrecht recorder is the earliest find which is sufficiently intact to be of
use to modern makers. Various examinations of the Dordrecht recorder
indicate that it was a descant instrument. The tenons at either
end indicate a wind cap and foot probably made from a harder
material, but these were not found.
Price £ 220.00
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GOTTINGEN RECORDER
Found in the latrine of a medieval house,
Weender Strasse 26, Gottingen, Germany, the Gottingen recorder was among many other
artifacts from the 13th and 14th centuries including glass,
pottery, shoe fragments, pattens and 25 dice! Fragments of timber
from the same layer in the latrine were dated dendrochronologically
between 1246 and 1322. The original Gottingen recorder was a shorter and higher
pitched instrument than the model we make, but we think you will
find ours more useful if not musically identical. It is
interesting to note that the original showed dents around the
bulbous end indicating it's possible use as a drum beater.
Price £ 210.00
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Gate Cottage,
Street End,
Canterbury,
England,
CT4 5NP
Tel:- 01227 700185
or, from outside the UK:- 00441227 700185
Last Updated April 2013
