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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
Roessler	Roessler	Alto	440	Maple	Three	Double	English	Used - Plays decently with soft tone.	$229	$89
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
John Cousen	Renaissance	Alto in g	440	Maple	One	Single	Renaissance	Used - Mint condition, play SA music on g-alto and tenor fingered as SA!	$695	Used $495
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	Rosewood w/ivory head & two ivory rings	Three	Double	English	Used - with ivory head & two ivory rings!	$995	$669
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Aesthé	Alto	440	Brazilian Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - professional quality at a moderate price!	$720	$720
Yamaha	Denner	Alto	440	Ebony	Three	Double	English	Used - mint condition ebony Denner!	$1100	$735
Moeck	Rottenburgh	Alto	440	Ebony w/two ivory rings	Three	Double	English	Used - with two ivory rings!	$995	$759
Takeyama	Bressan	Alto	440	Maple	Three	Double	English	New - Marvellous sound! Hand-picked at the Boston Early Music Festival!	$719	$759
Moeck	Consort Series	Alto in f Josquin X	440	Maple	Two w/brass band	Single	English	Nice strong low register!	$1100	$819
Moeck	Rottenburgh	Alto	440	Ebony w/ivory head & two ivory rings	Three	Double	English	Used - with ivory head & two ivory rings!	$1095	$859
Moeck	Steenbergen	Alto	440	Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - shivery sweet sound!	$1495	$979
Moeck	Rottenburgh SAT	SAT Consort	440	Palisander (Rosewood) w/two ivory rings	Three + Three + Three	Double	English	Used SAT Consort - with two ivory rings!	$1850	$1349
Mollenhauer	Morgan Denner (Special Edition)	Alto	440	Brazilian Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Soloistic tone! Special quality instrument at a very reasonable!	$1495	$1195
Jacqueline Sorel	Sorel	Alto	440	Palisander Rosewood	Three	Double	English	Used - Mellow high notes, full lower register!	$1550	$1350
Moeck	Stanesby Sr.	Alto	440	Castello Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Haunting tone, excellent high notes!	$1450	Out of stock
Moeck	Stanesby Sr.	Alto	440	Antiqued Castello Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Haunting tone, excsllent high notes! Beautiful antique finish	$1475	Out of stock
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!	$1595	$1279
Levin-Silverstein	Renaissance	Alto in f	440	Maple	One	Single	English	Used - Mint condition. Revoiced and tuned 2/15/2010 by Tom Prescott.	NLP	Used $1575
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!	$1950	$1750
Tom Prescott	Prescott	Alto	440	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - Mint condition with almost no signs of wear!	$1995	$1850
Monika Musch	Medieval-Cylindrical	Alto in g	440	Maple	One	Single	Renaissance	New! - Very strong tone thoughout the range. Perfect for music from 1150-1450!	$1550	New $1950
Joachim Rohmer	Bressan	Alto	440	Ebony	Three	Double	English	Used - Mint condition. One of a few A440 recorders that sounds and responds like an old pitch instrument. Perfect for French Music as well as Handel and Purcell!	$2350	$2250
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)

Robert Shlaer	Bressan	Alto	415	Hybrid Plastic/Cocobolo	Three	Double	English	New - Excellent entry level A415 alto or backup alto with no maintenance needs!	$400	$400
James Scott	DeBey	Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Single	English	Used - Good condition. Very sweet tone.	NLA	$595
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Aesthé	Alto	415	Brazilian Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - professional quality at a moderate price!	$765	$765
Takeyama	Bressan	Alto	415	Maple	Three	Double	English	New - Marvelous sound! Hand-picked at the Boston Early Music Festival!	$779	$829
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Aesthé	Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - professional quality at a moderate price!	$905	$905
Moeck	Stanesby Sr.	Alto	415	Indian Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Haunting tone, excsllent high notes!	$1495	$1095
Moeck	Stanesby Sr.	Alto	415	Antiqued Indian Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Haunting tone, excsllent high notes! Beautiful antique finish.	$1505	$1105
Mollenhauer	Morgan Denner (Special Edition)	Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Soloistic tone! Special quality instrument at a very reasonable price!	$1895	$1595
Guido Klemisch	Steenbergen	Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Single	Hotteterre	Used - Original voicing has been totally stable. Still plays like new and never clogs, even when wet! Great for humid climates.	$2150	$1750
Jacqueline Sorel	Debey	Alto	415	Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used Excellent Condition!- Very Clear Tone. Smooth High Notes!	$1950	$1850
Andreas Kung	Denner	Alto	415	Grenadilla	Three	Double	English	Used - Mint Condition! - Revoiced by Andreas Kueng Sept 5, 2009 to play like new!	$2150	$1850
Peter van Der Poel	Stanesby	Alto	415	Ebony	Three	Single	English	Used - Mint Condition! - Revoiced by Patrick von Huene at BEMF 2009	$2150	$1850
von Huene	Stanesby Jr.	Alto	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Beautiful tone for professional or advanced player! Hand-selected by Charles Fischer at BEMF  2009	$2100	$2100
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
David Coomber	Bressan	Alto	415	European Boxwood w/ivory thumb bushing	Three	Double	English	New - Premium instrument from the workshop of New Zealand maker David Coomber! Typical Bressan sound, but a bit easier-blowing than the Ehlert Bressan	$1950	$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!	$2050	$2150
Joachim Rohmer	Denner	Alto	415	Stained Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Responsive instrument. Perfect for  Telemann as well as Handel and Purcell!	$2050	$2250
Ralf Ehlert	Denner	Alto	415	Stained Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - As New! - Barely used. Perfect instrument for Telemann and Bach!	$2350	$2250
Adrian Brown	Dolcimelo	g-Alto	415	Plumwood	One	Single	Jambe de Fer	New - sweet tone with light chiff- perfect for 17th c. Italian sonatas and trios. Plays upper register effortlessly!	$1850	$2350
Ralf Ehlert	Bressan	Oblinger/Ose Keller(X) Eloy Cortinez/Bach(X)	415	Stained Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - Revoiced by maker May, 2008. Slight warping of middle joint does not affect tuning. Perfect for Purcell, Handel, Corelli, and Hotteterre! Solid low g and f with no burbles!	$2750	$2550
Ralf Ehlert	Bressan	Oblinger/Ose Keller(X) Eloy Cortinez/Bach(X) Alto	415	Lightly Stained 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.	$2350	$2550
Jeff Holt	Rippert	Alto	392	Boxwood w/Art Ivory fittings	Three	Double	English	New - Revoiced by Ralf Ehlert 6/12/2010 for beautiful robust tone at A392!	$2150	$2550
Adrian Brown	Bressan	Alto	408	Boxwood	Three	Single	Hotteterre	Used - mint condition, as-new, excellent replica of Bressan at original pitch and fingering!	$2450	$3150
Adrian Brown	Bizey	Alto	392	Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - mint condition, as-new, excellent replica of Bizey alto at original pitch. Very dark tone - perfect for French baroque music.	$2450	$3500

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