Tenor recorder
Maker
Jacob Denner
Date1707-1735 ca.
Place MadeImperial City of Nuremberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on all three sections: [in banner] I. DENNER / I [tree] DMarkingsnone
DescriptionJacob Denner, the oldest son of Johann Christoph Denner (1655-1707), was also a renowned oboist, as well as a prominent maker. His surviving instruments include flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and recorders. This recorder is made of boxwood. It has one brass key and a horn ring.
DimensionsOverall length: 672 mm (warped headjoint)
Headjoint: 242 mm (warped)
Body: 278 mm
Foot joint: 148 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Dr. Albrecht Kleinschmidt, New Ulm, Germany. Previously it had been used by Kleinschmidt's father-in-law, who was involved with the Bogenhauser Lay Musician Circle, from about 1890 to 1950.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, "From the Time of Bach and Handel . . . Museum Adds Rare Recorders From 18th-Century Nurnberg," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 24, No. 4 (August 1997), pp. 1-2.
Credit LinePurchase funds gift of Tom and Cindy Lillibridge; and Linda and John Lillibridge, 1997
Object number06044
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