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Collection Abbreviation	D-Munich: Stadtmus.
Accession	180/43
Maker Abbreviation	Schrattenbach
Lowest Note	G#
Size	extended contrabass
Year Made
Pitch	440
Pieces	2
Length	>1603
Keys	4
Material Body	maple
Material Mounts	brass
Material Keys	brass
Notes	Fontanelle band stamped HANS RAVCH VON SCHRATT. Crook enters at top of cap. An extended recorder: lowest note is G#, with all 10 holes closed. c# is produced by the fingering 0 123 4567. For critical measurements & other details see Adrian Brown's Renaissance Recorders Database. Lowest note and performance pitch from Brown (2005b). Brown considers this to be an extended instrument, with extensions to the G# below. Haynes (2002) gives this instrument a nominal pitch of G at A=455 Hz.