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Baroque Recorders at A440

Here is a listing of our best baroque style soprano, alto, voice flute, tenor and bass recorders for sale at A440 or with two centers for A440/A415. These instruments are designed with a strongly conical bore, which facilitates the production of high notes and helps the instrument produce tones rich in harmonics. All instruments, new and used, are sold with a 7-day trial period. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase.

Sopranino and Soprano Recorders

Maker	Recorder Model	Recorder Size	Pitch	Material	Pieces	Holes	Fingering	Comments	List Price	Our Price
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Aesthé	Sopranino	440	Grenadilla (African Blackwood)	Two	Double	English	Used - Mint condition! sweet sound and can be played with fat fingers!	$545	$485
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Aesthé	Sopranino	440	Brazilian Boxwood	Two	Double	English	New - sweet sound and can be played with fat fingers!	$545	$545
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Aesthé	Sopranino	440	Grenadilla (African Blackwood)	Two	Double	English	New - sweet sound and can be played with fat fingers!	$545	$545
Mollenhauer	Denner 5107	Soprano	440	Pearwood	Three	Double	English	New - sweet sound. Perfect for either SATB or solo work. Good step up from plastic soprano.	$289	$195
Mollenhauer	Denner	Soprano	440	Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - sweet sound. Perfect for either SATB or solo work. Good step up from plastic soprano.	$349	$259
Alec Loretto	English School	Soprano	440	Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - pleasant reedy tone. Can be played softly with joints together or more forcefully with head joint slightly pulled out.	$950	$349
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Aesthé	Soprano	440	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - professional quality at a moderate price!	$550	$550
Moeck	Steenbergen	Soprano	440	Indian Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - professional quality at a moderate price!	$700	$565
Takeyama	Bressan	Soprano	440	Maple	Three	Double	English	New - Marvellous instrument. Hand-picked at the Boston Early Music Festival!	$850	Out of stock till June, 2012
Moeck	Steenbergen	Soprano	440	Cherry	Three	Double	English	Used - Mint condition plays beautifully!	$859	$729
Ralf Netsch	Stanesby Jr.	Soprano	440	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Sophisticated Stanesby Jr. sound at A440!	$1100	$1250
Rob Turner	Stanesby	Soprano	440	Artificial Ivory	Two	Single	English	Used - Mint condition - charming tone - turned from artificial ivory and feels and sounds like real ivory!	NLA	$1450
Hiroyuki Takeyama	Bressan	Soprano	440	Brazilian Boxwood & Artificial Ivory Fittings	Three	Double	English	New - Hand-picked at the 2011 Boston Early Music Festival!	$1350	$1450
Stephan Blezinger	Bressan	Soprano	440	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - exquisite tone - perfect for 17th c. Italian sonatas and trios	$1520	$1650
Ralf Ehlert	Bressan	Vivaldi RV443 Largo (X) Soprano	440	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Excellent tone! Incredible combination of power and subtlety. Very responsive!	$1750	$1950

Alto Recorders

Maker	Recorder Model	Recorder Size	Pitch	Material	Pieces	Holes	Fingering	Comments	List Price	Our Price
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
Mollenhauer	Denner	Alto	440	Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - Very easy high notes. Excellent quality instrument at a very moderate price!	$825	$589
Yamaha	Denner YRA-803	Alto	440	Ebony	Three	Double	English	Used - very good condition ebony Denner!	$1100	$589
Moeck	Rottenburgh	Alto	440	Ebony w/two ivory rings	Three	Double	English	Used - with two ivory rings!	$995	$759
Mollenhauer	Modern Alto	Alto	440	Pearwood	Three w/double key	Double	English	Used - Mint condition. Very powerful low notes!	$1200	$789
Moeck	Rottenburgh	Alto	440	Ebony w/ivory head & two ivory rings	Three	Double	English	Used - with two ivory rings!	$1095	$859
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	$1495	$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	$1350
Heitz (Amman + Trescher)	Heitz	Alto	440	Brazilian Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - High quality instrument. Hand-picked at Stockstadt 2010.	$1350	$1350
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	$1750
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	$1750
Mollenhauer	Modern Alto with E foot	Alto Modern Voicing X	440	Grenadilla	Three	Double w/triple keys for e/f/f#	English & Modern	New - Soloistic tone! Special quality instrument with strong low notes and extended high notes!	$2250	$1850
Tom Prescott	Prescott	Alto	440	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - Mint condition with almost no signs of wear!	$1995	$1850
Joachim Rohmer	Bressan	Alto	440	Stained Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New! ndition. 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	$2250
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. Has Synpor block to prevent clogging. .	$3750	$3500

Tenor and Bass Recorders

Maker	Recorder Model	Recorder Size	Pitch	Material	Pieces	Holes	Fingering	Comments	List Price	Our Price
Mollenhauer	Denner #5406	Tenor	440	Pear	Three	Double	English	New - Excellent tonal projection, light weight, great value for tenor.	$649	$459
Mollenhauer	Denner	Tenor	440	Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Excellent tonal projection, light weight, great value for tenor.	$897	$695
Mollenhauer	Canta Knick Comfort	Tenor	440	Pear	Three	Double	English	New - Fantastic ergonomical design allows even people with small  hands to play tenor as comfortably as an alto recorder! The sound is quite full and can blend with either baroque or renaissance consort.	$949	$749
Dolmetsch	Dolmetsch	Voice Flute	440	Rosewood w/Ivory Thumb Bushing	Three	Double	English	Used - Very good condition with some wear on lip. Strong low notes, high notes slightly breathy.	$1250	$895
Hiroyuki Takeyama	Bressan	Tenor	440	Maple	Three	Double	English	New - rich tone, easy to hold maple. Hand-picked at the Boston Early Music Festival.	$1150	$1249
Moeck	Hotteterre	Tenor	440	Antiqued Zapatero Boxwood	Three	Double + Double Brass Key	English	Used - designed by Ralf Ehlert. Excellent tone and wide range! Cited as "best of available tenors" in Ameican Recorder Magazine, November, 2004	$1850	$1349
Moeck	Ehlert Modern	Tenor	440	Castello Boxwood	Three	Double w/two silver keys	English	New - Incredibly powerful low c and low d - all with beautiful baroque voicing!	$2495	$1899
German Maker	Bass	Bass	440	Maple	Three	Single Keys	English	Used - Excellent condition. Strong low notes!	NLA	$859
Kung	Classica	Bass	440	Pearwood	Four	Double w/Keys	English	Used - Mint Condition! Mellow bass sound!	$1450	$999
Mollenhauer	Canta -Knick	Bass	A440	Maple	Four	Double/Key	English	Used, as new - Low price and ergonomic with Knick style of blowing!	$1295	$1959
Mollenhauer	Canta -Knick	Bass	A440	Maple	Four	Double/Key	English	New - Low price and ergonomic with Knick style of blowing!	$1295	$1059
Moeck	Rottenburgh	Bass(Samples as Continuo) Larghetto:X Allegro:X	A440/415	Sycamore	Three	Double/Key	English	New low price! Superb  baroque bass at both pitches!	$2650	$2079
Mollenhauer	Canta -Knick	Great Bass (in C)	A440	Maple	Four	Double/Key	English	New - Designed by von Huene/Mollenhauer.  Low price and ergonomic with Knick style of blowing and Adjustable Endpin for playing without a neckstrap whether standing or sitting!	$2950	$2450

NOTE: English = Dolmetsch, Baroque = Hotteterre.

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