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Collection Abbreviation D-Nuremberg GNM
Accession MI 104
Maker Abbreviation Kynseker
Lowest Note g
Size basset
Year Made c1675
Pitch 440
Pieces
Length 905
Keys 1
Material Body plum
Material Mounts horn, brass
Material Keys brass
Notes Stamped HF/Hieronimus/Franciscus/Kynseker/Nürnberg. Windcap with wave profile. Sounding length 821.5 mm.

Lowest note and performance pitch from Brown (2005b). Haynes (2002) gives this instrument a nominal pitch of g at a performance pitch of A=421 Hz.

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.
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