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Collection Abbreviation	D-Ilshofen: Thalheimer
Accession	764/438
Maker Abbreviation	Otto
Lowest Note	c'
Size	tenor
Year Made	1933
Pitch	435
Pieces	3
Length	647
Keys	1
Material Body	cocobolo with ebonite beak
Material Mounts	2 nickel silver ferrules; beak ebonite-sheathed
Material Keys	nickel silver
Notes	Distributor's mark on beak: NAGEL Mark on beak: D.R.G.M. 1. 249 532 / D.R.G.M. 1 248 339 Harlan fingering The Deutches-Reichs-Gebrauchs Muster (a sort of patent) for ebonite recorder blocks was issued to Rudolf Otto in 1932; that for the ebonite sheathing on the beak was issued in 19323. Otto supplied this model exclusively to the firm Adolph Nagel in Hanover. Franz Julius Giesbert noted of a corresponding soprano recorder that "... the sound is slightly softer than the soprano recorder made entirely of Cocopolo [sic]". Thalheimer (2013: 122-123)