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Soprano recorder, C

Alternate name(s)

Descant recorder

Maker Wenzel Schreiber

Date1950-1955 ca.

Place MadeGermany, West, Europe

ModelSonata

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 LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number04486

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