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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| 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! | $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 | ||
| Moulder | 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 |
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| Mollenhauer |
Denner
 | Alto | 440 | Boxwood | Three | Double | English | Used - Very easy high notes. Excellent quality instrument at a very moderate price! |
| $589 | ||
| Moeck |
Rottenburgh | Alto | 440 | Rosewood w/ivory head & two ivory rings | Three | Double | English | Used - with ivory head & two ivory rings! |
| $669 | ||
| Moeck |
Rottenburgh | Alto | 440 | Ebony w/ivory head & two ivory rings | Three | Double | English | Used - with two ivory rings! |
| $859 | ||
| Moeck |
Steenbergen | Alto | 440 | Boxwood | Three | Double | English | Used - shivery sweet sound! |
| $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! |
| $1349 | ||
| Moulder | 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 |
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| 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 439
 | Alto | 440 | Palisander (Rosewood) w/two ivory rings | Three | Double | English | Used - with two ivory rings! |
| $585 | ||
| Aesthé (Boudreau) |
Aesthé | Alto | 440 | Brazilian Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - professional quality at a moderate price! |
| $720 | ||
| Yamaha |
Denner | Alto | 440 | Ebony | Three | Double | English | Used - mint condition ebony Denner! |
| $735 | ||
| Takeyama |
Bressan | Alto | 440 | Maple | Three | Double | English | New - Marvellous sound! Hand-picked at the Boston Early Music Festival! |
| $759 | ||
| Moeck | Consort Series
| Alto in f Josquin X | 440 | Maple | Two w/brass band | Single | English | Nice strong low register! | $1100 |
$819 |
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| Mollenhauer |
Morgan Denner (Special
Edition)
 | Alto | 440 | Brazilian Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - Soloistic tone! Special quality instrument at a very reasonable! |
| $1195 | ||
| Moeck |
Stanesby Sr.
| Alto | 440 | Castello Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - Haunting tone, excellent high notes! |
| Out of stock | ||
| Moeck |
Stanesby Sr.
| Alto | 440 | Antiqued Castello Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - Haunting tone, excsllent high notes! Beautiful antique finish |
| Out of stock | ||
| 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! |
| $1279 | ||
| Tim Cranmore |
Bressan | 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 | ||
| Tom Prescott |
Prescott | Alto | 440 | European Boxwood | Three | Double | English | Used - Mint condition with almost no signs of wear! |
| $1695 | ||
| Tom Prescott |
Prescott | Alto | 440/415 | Rosewood w/metal thumbrests | Four | Double | English | Used - Mint condition with almost no signs of wear! Plays beautifully at both pitches. |
| $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! | $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. Has Synpor block to prevent clogging. . |
| $3500 |
A415 (and lower)
| James Scott |
DeBey | Alto | 415 |
European Boxwood | Three | Single | English | Used - Good condition. Very sweet tone. | NLA | $695 | ||
| Aesthé (Boudreau) |
Aesthé
 | Alto | 415 | Brazilian Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - professional quality at a moderate price! |
| $765 | ||
| Takeyama |
Bressan | Alto | 415 | Maple | Three | Double | English | New - Marvelous sound! Hand-picked at the Boston Early Music Festival! |
| $829 | ||
| Aesthé (Boudreau) |
Aesthé
| Alto | 415 | European Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - professional quality at a moderate price! |
| $905 | ||
| Moeck |
Stanesby Sr.
| Alto | 415 | Indian Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - Haunting tone, excsllent high notes! |
| $1095 | ||
| Moeck |
Stanesby Sr.
| Alto | 415 | Antiqued Indian Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - Haunting tone, excsllent high notes! Beautiful antique finish. |
| $1105 | ||
| Mollenhauer |
Morgan Denner (Special
Edition)
 | Alto | 415 | European Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - Soloistic tone! Special quality instrument at a very reasonable price! |
| $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. |
| $1750 | ||
| Jacqueline Sorel |
Debey
| Alto | 415 | Boxwood | Three | Double | English | Used Excellent Condition!- Very Clear Tone. Smooth High Notes! |
| $1775 | ||
| Andreas Kung |
Denner | Alto | 415 | Grenadilla | Three | Double | English | Used - Mint Condition! - Revoiced by Andreas Kueng Sept 5, 2009 to play like new! |
| $1850 | ||
| Peter van Der Poel |
Stanesby | Alto | 415 | Ebony | Three | Single | English | Used - Mint Condition! - Revoiced by Patrick von Huene at BEMF 2009 |
| $1850 | ||
| Tom Prescott |
Prescott | Alto | 440/415 | Rosewood w/metal thumbrests | Four | Double | English | Used - Mint condition with almost no signs of wear! Plays beautifully at both pitches. |
| $1950 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| $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 | |||
| Joachim Rohmer | Stanesby Jr |
Alto | 415 | Stained Boxwood | Three | Double | English | New - Responsive instrument. Perfect for Telemann as well as Handel and Purcell! | $2150 | |||
| 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! |
| $2150 | ||
| Ralf Ehlert |
Bressan | Oblinger/Ose Keller(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! |
| $2350 | ||
| 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 |
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