Collection Abbreviation | D-Nuremberg GNM |
Accession | MI 102 |
Maker Abbreviation | Kynseker |
Lowest Note | d' |
Size | tenor |
Year Made | c1675 |
Pitch | 440 |
Pieces | 2 |
Length | 590.5 |
Keys | 1 |
Material Body | plum |
Material Mounts | horn |
Material Keys | brass |
Notes | Stamped Hieronimus/Franciscus/Kynseker. Sounding length 533 mm. Lowest note and performance pitch from Brown (2005b). Haynes (2002) gives this instrument a nominal pitch of d' at a performance pitch of A=421 Hz. Wave profile. For critical measurements & other details see Adrian Brown's Renaissance Recorders Database; Brown (2005b: 535). CAT image available from Germanisches National Museum, Nuremberg (2002). Image and information here. |