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Collection Abbreviation	B-Brussels
Accession	0188
Maker Abbreviation	Schrattenbach
Lowest Note	c#
Size	bass
Year Made	c.1540
Pitch	440
Pieces	1
Length	1250
Keys	1
Material Body	? cornelian cherry (Cornus mas)
Material Mounts	2 brass ferules on fontanelle, 1 on windcap
Material Keys	brass
Notes	Stamped with a double trefoil & thus probably by a member of the Schrattenbach family. Sounding length is 1138 mm. Key arrangement has been modified with a slab of wood now filling the space under the fontanelle. Cap, fontanelle, key and crook are all replacements. Bocal enters top of windcap. This instrument was originally part of the collection of the Hansa Huis in Antwerp. For critical measurements & other details see Adrian Brown's Renaissance Recorders Database. Brown (2005b: 535); Baines (1966: 80 & fig. 420). Image & further details here.