Basset recorder, G or F
Alternate name(s)
- Bass recorder
Date1550 ca.
Place MadeMunich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Place MadeNuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedTwo stylized "A" figures stamped below the duct windowMarkingsnone
DescriptionBasset recorder attributed to either Hans or Arzazius Schnitzer, made in Munich or Nuremberg. Boxwood with brass trim.
One of a set of instruments built for the Rožmberk Castle court ensemble, established in 1552 and enlarged during the following half century, of Český Krumlov, Bohemia. Rožmberk Castle inventories from 1599 and 1610 include not only basset recorders but also five Schreyerpfeife, bearing the same maker's mark, which are now in the Národní Muzeum, Prague.
DimensionsOverall length: 920 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Tony Bingham, London, England. Previously owned by Francis W. Galpin, Harlow, England.
Published ReferencesAn Illustrated Catalogue of the Music Loan Exhibition Held ... by the Worshipful Company of Musicians of Fishmongers' Hall, June and July 1904 (London: Novello, 1909), pp. 181-182.
André P. Larson, "Original bass recorders in the United States," The American Recorder, Vol. XXVI, No. 4 (November 1985), cover and pp. 171-172.
André P. Larson, "Renaissance bass (basset) recorder," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society, Vol. XV, No. 3 (October 1986), pp. 8-9.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 36.
Wendy Powers, "Checklist of Historic Recorders in American Private and Public Collections," The American Recorder, Vol. XXX, No. 2 (May 1989), p. 62.
Wendy Powers, "Historic Recorders in american Private & Public Collections: An Update," The American Recorder, Vol. XXII, No. 1 (March 1991), p. 17.
Credit LineArne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 1985
Object number03606
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1850-1890 ca.
