Alto recorder, F
Alternate name(s)
- Treble recorder
Date1720 ca.
Place MadeNuremberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on each joint: I.C. DENNER (in scroll) / D / I Markingsnone
DescriptionThree piece, ivory. Six tone holes with double hole on foot joint. Metal ring (later).
In his 1992 article on master woodwind makers in 17th and 18th century Nuremberg, Martin Kirnbauer noted that commercial trade policy at the time allowed a maker's widow or youngest son to inherit his master's mark, permitting the possibility that the workshop of Johann Christoph passed first to his widow and subsequently (ca. 1720) to Johann David Denner (1704-1764). The elder son, Jacob (1681-1735), also a fine builder of woodwinds, eventually established his own workshop and master's mark. Among the evidence for the use of the I.C. Denner stamp after Johann Christoph's death are two instruments supplied by Jacob Denner in 1720. In addition, the firm of "I.C. Denner" still supplied clarinets in 1754. At least two masters, one of them undoubtedly Johann David, continued to use the stamp until about 1764, possibly simultaneously. In any case, no instruments signed by the younger son have been found.
DimensionsOverall length: 497 mm
Sounding length: 431 mm
Published ReferencesMary Oleskiewicz, “Unknown Denner Recorder Surfaces,” America’s Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 27, No. 4 (November 2000), pp. 7-8.
Credit LineArne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 2000
Object number09826
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