Soprano recorder, C
Alternate name(s)
- Descant
Maker
Richard Haka
Date1685 ca.
Place MadeAmsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on head and body joints: R · HAKA (in scroll) / [fleur-de-lis]MarkingsStamped on underside of ivory ring on foot, slightly overlapping the ebony: [fleur-de-lis]
DescriptionEbony or dark-stained grenadilla. Ivory mouthpiece and rings.
Known as the founder of the Amsterdam woodwind making school, Haka's instruments were similarly revered in his own time as they are today. Notable apprentices include Rykel, van Aardenberg and Steenbergen.
DimensionsOverall length: 343 mm
Sounding length: 293 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1988 from Tony Bingham, London, England. Previously owned by Gerhard Stradner, Vienna, Austria.
Published ReferencesS.A.C. Dudok van Heel and Marieke Teutscher, “Amsterdam as the Center of Flute-Makers in the 17th & 18th Centuries”.
Hebert Heyde, Floeten (1978) [Leipzig catalog] p. 35, tafel 1 and tafel 5.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 39.
Wendy Powers, "Checklist of Historic Recorders in American Private and Public Collections," The American Recorder, Vol. XXX, No. 2 (May 1989), pp. 61-62.
Jan Bouterse, "Historical Dutch Recorders in American Collections," American Recorder, Vol. 33, No. 3 (September 1992), pp. 15-16.
Jan Bouterse, Dutch Woodwind Instruments and their Makers, 1660-1760 (Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 2005). Includes comprehensive study of extant Haka instruments, including the NMM's example.
Credit LineArne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 1988
Object number04202
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