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Soprano recorder, C

Soprano recorder, C

Alternate name:Descant recorder
Date: 1950-1955 ca.
Place Made:Germany, West, Europe
Model: Sonata
Serial No: none
SignedSonata in a curve on the front of the head joint under the ramp.
DescriptionPearwood.
DimensionsOverall length (from top to bottom): 323 mm
Overall sounding length (from top edge of lip to bottom of foot): 284 mm
Head:
Total length: 115 mm
Sounding length (from top edge of lip): 76 mm
Body: 192 mm
Diameter of bore:
At top of body: 119 mm
At bottom of body: 7.1 mm
Window (opening between end of windway and top edge of lip):
Width (wall to wall): 8.8 mm
Height (from bottom of windway to top edge of lip): 3.7 mm
Ramp length (from top edge of lip to very bottom of incline next to body): 19.8 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 04486