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Tenor recorder, C
Date: 1700-1725 ca.
Place Made:Brussels, Belgium, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on all joints: I · H · / ROTTENBURGH / *
Markingsnone
DescriptionStained boxwood with ivory ring. Brass swallowtail key.
Sometimes referred to by his Latinized name, Joannes Hyacinthus comes from a family of prominent Flemish instrument makers, primarily woodwinds. According to Von Huene, Rottenburgh's instruments show excellent tonal charateristics and a perfection in scaling.
Sometimes referred to by his Latinized name, Joannes Hyacinthus comes from a family of prominent Flemish instrument makers, primarily woodwinds. According to Von Huene, Rottenburgh's instruments show excellent tonal charateristics and a perfection in scaling.
DimensionsOverall length: 680 mm
Sounding length: 605 mm
Sounding length: 605 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1989 from Laurent Kaltenbach, Paris, France.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 1989
Not on view
Published ReferencesNMM catalog: _As Good as Gold: The First 50 Years (1973-2023)_. Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2023. (pp. 21, 32-33)
Musical Instruments, London, November 22-23, 1989 (London: Sotheby's, 1989), pp. 24-25.
Curt Sachs, Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente (1922), #2814.
Phillip T. Young, 2500 Historical Woodwind Instruments: an Inventory of the Major
Collections, New York: Pendragon Press, 1982, pp. 105.
Wendy Powers, “Historic Recorders . . . An Update,” The American Recorder, Vol. XXXII No. 1, p. 17.
Musical Instruments, London, November 22-23, 1989 (London: Sotheby's, 1989), pp. 24-25.
Curt Sachs, Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente (1922), #2814.
Phillip T. Young, 2500 Historical Woodwind Instruments: an Inventory of the Major
Collections, New York: Pendragon Press, 1982, pp. 105.
Wendy Powers, “Historic Recorders . . . An Update,” The American Recorder, Vol. XXXII No. 1, p. 17.
Object number: 04879