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New and Used Alto Recorders

Here is a listing of our best alto (known as treble recorders in the UK) recorders in all styles and all pitches. All Instruments, new and used, are sold with a 7-day trial period. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Unicorn Music has the largest marketplace for buying a new or used alto recorder.

A440

Maker	Recorder Model	Recorder Size	Pitch	Material	Pieces	Holes	Fingering	Comments	List Price	Our Price
Mollenhauer	Dream Flute	Alto	440	Pear	Two	Double	English	New - good for all periods of music!	$479	$329
Mollenhauer	Morgan Denner	Alto	440	Brazilian Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Very easy high notes. Excellent quality instrument at a very moderate price!	$629	$449
Roessler	Oberlender	Alto	440	Boxwood w/Ivory Thumb Bushing	Three	Double	English	Used - very good condition.	$679	$450
Mollenhauer	Morgan Denner	Alto	440	Palisander	Three	Double	English	Used, as-new! Very easy high notes. Excellent quality instrument at a very moderate price!	$729	$589
Mollenhauer	Denner	Alto	440	Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - Very easy high notes. Excellent quality instrument at a very moderate price!	$825	$589
Moeck	Kynsecker	Alto	440	Plumwood	Two	Single	English	Full two octave range! Perfect instrument for 17th Italian and Dutch repertoire	$825	New $659
Moeck	Rottenburgh	Alto	440	Ebony w/two ivory rings	Three	Double	English	Used - with two ivory rings!	$995	$759
Moeck	Rottenburgh	Alto	440	Ebony w/ivory head & two ivory rings	Three	Double	English	Used - with ivory head & two ivory rings!	$1095	$859
Mollenhauer	Modern Alto	Alto Modern Voicing X	440	Rosewood	Three w/double key	Double	English	Used - Mint condition. Very powerful low notes!	$1350	$989
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Convertible	Alto	440/415	Ironwood	Three	Double	English	New - Beautiful tone and great for playing both pitches! Separate foot joints for both centers ensures perfect tuning.	$1125	$1125
Moeck	Stanesby Sr.	Alto	440	Antiqued Castello Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Haunting tone, excsllent high notes! Beautiful antique finish	$1475	$1169
Mollenhauer	Morgan Denner	Alto  (Special Edition ) X	440	Stained Zapatero Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Soloistic tone! Special quality instrument at a very reasonable!	$1695	$1195
Takeyama	Bressan	Alto	440	Maple	Three	Double	English	New - Marvellous sound! Hand-picked at the Boston Early Music Festival!	$1050	$1250
Jacqueline Sorel	Sorel	Alto	440	Palisander Rosewood	Three	Double	English	Used - Mellow high notes, full lower register!	$1550	$1250
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Convertible	Alto	440/415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Beautiful tone and great for playing both pitches! Separate foot joints for both centers ensures perfect tuning.	$1315	$1315
Moeck	Ehlert (Golson) (X) Ehlert (Handel) (X)	Alto	440	Castello Boxwood	Three	Double w/two silver keys	English + Special high octave (incl f#!)	New - Incredibly powerful low notes plus high f# - all with beautiful baroque voicing!	$1695	$1399
Tim Cranmore	Stanesby	Alto	440	Boxwood w/ivory thumb bushing	Three	Double	English	Used - Nice sound with rich overtones and a very slight English chiff. Mint condition with almost no signs of wear!	$2150	$1450
Beha & Gibbons	Bressan	Alto	440	Stained Boxwood	Three, w/fitted hard case	Double	English	Used - Mint Condition. High-quality A440 alto for baroque music!	NLA	$1450
Boudreau	Bressan	Alto	440	Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - Top Quality Refurbished by the maker in May, 2012 with revoicing and new ivory thumb bushing.	NLA	$1550
Luca di Paolis	Bressan	Alto	440	Grenadilla	Three	Double	English	Used - Instrument is in fine condition. This maker is recommended by Dan Laurin.	$2250	$1750
von Huene	Rippert	Alto	440	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - An instrument at A440 that plays and sounds like an A415 instrument! Hand-selected by Charles Fischer at BEMF  2011	$2300	$2300
Ernst Meyer	Denner	Steger/Sammartini(X) Alto	440	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - Mint condition professional instrument from the workshop of Ernst Meyer, who has a very long waiting list. Takes more breath than most recorders and produces a very powerful sound, with just a bit of breathiness.	$3750	$3500

A415 (and lower)

Aesthé (Boudreau)	Aesthé	Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - professional quality at a moderate price!	$950	$950
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Convertible	Alto	440/415	Ironwood	Three	Double	English	New - Beautiful tone and great for playing both pitches! Separate foot joints for both centers ensures perfect tuning.	$1125	$1125
Moeck	Stanesby Sr.	Alto	415	Antiqued Indian Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Haunting tone, excsllent high notes! Beautiful antique finish.	$1579	$1199
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Convertible	Alto	440/415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Beautiful tone and great for playing both pitches! Separate foot joints for both centers ensures perfect tuning.	$1125	$1315
Takeyama	Bressan	Alto	415	Maple	Three	Double	English	New - Marvelous sound! Hand-picked at the Boston Early Music Festival!	$1250	$1450
Joachim Rohmer	Denner	Alto	415	Maple	Three	Double	English	Used - Mint Condition! Lovely tone and very light weight. Great ergonomics!	$1650	$1450
Mollenhauer	Morgan Denner (Special Edition)	Alto	415	Grenadilla	Three	Double	English	New - Soloistic tone! Special quality instrument at a very reasonable price!	$1895	$1529
Jean-Luc Boudreau	Bressan	G-Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Beautiful tone speaking very easily on the highest notes. Perfect for Bach and Telemann. Hand-selected at ARS Portland, 2012.	$1540	$1540
Peter van Der Poel	Stanesby	Alto	415	Grenadilla	Three	Single	English	Used - Great Condition! - Revoiced by Patrick von Huene at BEMF 2009	$2150	$1450
J&M Dolmetsch	Stanesby	Alto	392	Satinwood	Three	Double	English	Used in perfect condition! Lovely dark tone for French music.	NLA	$1650
Jacqueline Sorel	Debey	Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used Excellent Condition!- Very Clear Tone. Smooth High Notes!	$1850	$1750
Jean-Luc Boudreau	Steenbergen	Alto Colpron/Telemann(X)	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Beautiful tone speaking very easily on the highest notes. Hand-selected at Boston Early Music Festival.	$1760	$1760
Tom Prescott	Bressan	Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Single/Double	English	Used - Very good condition with light signs of wear!	$1650	$1795
Ralf Netsch	Denner	Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Hand-picked by me at the 2011 Boston Early Music Festival!	$1650	$1850
Paul Richardson	Bressan	Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Lovely Bressan short-foot model with outstanding tone and response!	$1550	$1850
Coolsma	Bressan	Alto	415	Flamed Maple	Five	Double and Single	English and Hotteterre	Used - Excellent condition with ivory thumb bushing and expertly re-voiced by Lee Collins in June, 2007 to play better than new! Has two bodies so that you can also play with single holes and Hotteterre fingering!	$2450	$2150
Joachim Rohmer	Bressan Corelli	Corelli/Dorothee Oberlinger Alto	415	Stained Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Complex-toned instrument. Perfect for Italian and French Music as well as Handel and Purcell! Listen to Dorothee Oberlinger play this model on her new Italian CD!	$2250	$2150
Ralf Ehlert	Denner	Alto Telemann Fantasie in F	415	Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - Very Good Condition. Perfect instrument for Telemann and Bach!	$2350	$2150
von Huene	Stanesby Jr.	Alto Saskia Coolen - Telemann d minor Presto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Beautiful tone for professional or advanced player! Hand-selected by Charles Fischer at BEMF  2011	$2300	$2300
von Huene	Denner	Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Beautiful tone for professional or advanced player! Hand-selected by Charles Fischer at BEMF  2011	$2300	$2300
Pietro Sopranzi	Anciuti	Alto	415	Ironwood w/Ivory	Three	Double	English	New - Unique beautiful tone by Pietro Sopranzi!!	$2500	$2750
Ralf Ehlert	Bressan	Oblinger/Ose Keller(X) Eloy Cortinez/Bach(X) Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Perfect for Purcell, Handel, Corelli, and Hotteterre! Solid low g and f with no burbles! In my opinion this is the most successful Bressan style recorder being produced today, very reminiscent of Fred Morgan's Bressans.	$2500	$2750
Ralf Ehlert	Bressan	Telemann Duo in F - Two Ehlert Bressan Altos at A392 Bach - Dorothee Oberlinger & La Stravaganza Hamburg	392	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New!Simply the best A392 recorders being made today. Combines sophistication, power, and responsiveness with dark tone perfectly suitable for either French or German music! Hand-picked at Stockstadt 2010	$2650	$2850
Ralf Ehlert	Bressan	Telemann Duo in F - Two Ehlert Bressan Altos at A392 Bach - Dorothee Oberlinger & La Stravaganza Hamburg	392	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New!Simply the best A392 recorders being made today. Combines sophistication, power, and responsiveness with dark tone perfectly suitable for either French or German music! Hand-picked at Stockstadt 2012	$2650	$3150
Pietro Sopranzi	Hotteterre	Alto	415	European Boxwood w/Ivory	Three	Double	English	New - Unique beautiful tone by Pietro Sopranzi!!	$2750	$3150
David Coomber	Bressan	Alto	415	Stained European Boxwood w/Ivory Mounts	Three	Double	English	New - An instrument at A440 that plays and sounds like an A415 instrument! Hand-selected by Charles Fischer at BEMF  2011	$2950	$3150

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