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 |
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| Mollenhauer | Dream Flute
| Alto | 440 | Pear | Two | Double | English | New - good for all periods of music! | $329 | |||
| Mollenhauer |
Morgan Denner
| Alto | 440 | Brazilian Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - Very easy high notes. Excellent quality instrument at a very moderate price! |
| $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! | $589 | |||
| Mollenhauer |
Denner
| Alto | 440 | Boxwood | Three | Double | English | Used - Very easy high notes. Excellent quality instrument at a very moderate price! |
| $589 | ||
| Moeck | Kynsecker
| Alto | 440 | Plumwood | Two | Single | English | Full two octave range! Perfect instrument for 17th Italian and Dutch repertoire | $825 |
New $659 |
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| Moeck |
Rottenburgh | Alto | 440 | Ebony w/two ivory rings | Three | Double | English | Used - with two ivory rings! |
| $759 | ||
| Moeck |
Rottenburgh | Alto | 440 | Ebony w/ivory head & two ivory rings | Three | Double | English | Used - with ivory head & two ivory rings! |
| $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. |
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$1125 |
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| Moeck |
Stanesby Sr.
| Alto | 440 | Antiqued Castello Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - Haunting tone, excsllent high notes! Beautiful antique finish |
| $1169 | ||
| Mollenhauer |
Morgan Denner
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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! |
| $1250 | ||
| Jacqueline Sorel | ![]() | Alto | 440 | Palisander Rosewood | Three | Double | English | Used - Mellow high notes, full lower register! |
| $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. |
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$1315 |
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| Moeck |
Ehlert (Golson) (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! |
| $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! |
| $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! | $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 |
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| 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. |
| $3500 |
A415 (and lower)
| Aesthé (Boudreau) |
Aesthé
| Alto | 415 | European Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - professional quality at a moderate price! |
| $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. |
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$1125 |
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| Moeck |
Stanesby Sr.
| Alto | 415 | Antiqued Indian Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - Haunting tone, excsllent high notes! Beautiful antique finish. |
| $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. |
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$1315 |
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| Takeyama |
Bressan | Alto | 415 | Maple | Three | Double | English | New - Marvelous sound! Hand-picked at the Boston Early Music Festival! |
| $1450 | ||
| Joachim Rohmer |
Denner | Alto | 415 | Maple | Three | Double | English |
Used - Mint Condition! Lovely tone and very light weight. Great ergonomics! |
| $1450 | ||
| Mollenhauer |
Morgan Denner (Special
Edition)
| Alto | 415 | Grenadilla | Three | Double | English | New - Soloistic tone! Special quality instrument at a very reasonable price! |
| $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. |
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$1540 |
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| Peter van Der Poel |
Stanesby | Alto | 415 | Grenadilla | Three | Single | English | Used - Great Condition! - Revoiced by Patrick von Huene at BEMF 2009 |
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$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! |
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$1750 | ||
| Jean-Luc Boudreau |
Steenbergen | Alto | 415 | European Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - Beautiful tone speaking very easily on the highest notes. Hand-selected at Boston Early Music Festival. |
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$1760 |
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| 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! |
| $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! |
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$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! | $2150 | |||
| Ralf Ehlert |
Denner |
Alto Telemann Fantasie in F | 415 | Boxwood | Three | Double | English | Used - Very Good Condition. Perfect instrument for Telemann and Bach! |
| $2150 | ||
| 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 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!! |
| $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. |
| $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 |
| $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 |
| $3150 | ||
| Pietro Sopranzi |
Hotteterre | Alto | 415 | European Boxwood w/Ivory | Three | Double | English | New - Unique beautiful tone by Pietro Sopranzi!! |
| $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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