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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	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	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - sweet sound. Perfect for either SATB or solo work. Good step up from plastic soprano.	$349	$259
Mollenhauer	Denner 5120	Soprano	440	Palisander	Three	Double	English	Used - mint condition! sweet sound. A bit stronger than the pearwood version. Perfect for either SATB or solo work.	$449	$299
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	Used - Excellent condition!	$850	$649
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, 2013
Ralf Netsch	Stanesby Jr.	Soprano	440	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Sophisticated Stanesby Jr. sound at A440!	$1100	$1250
Boudreau	Steenbergen	Soprano in Bb	440 (or A392 soprano in c)	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - perfect for playing Bb Tenor jazz parts!	$1320	$1320
Rob Turner	Stanesby	Soprano Rameau - Les Sauvages	440	Artificial Ivory	Two	Single	English	Used - Mint condition - charming tone - turned from artificial ivory and feels and sounds like real ivory!	NLA	$1450

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
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	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - Very easy high notes. Excellent quality instrument at a very moderate price!	$825	$589
Moeck	Rottenburgh	Alto	440	Ebony w/two ivory rings	Three	Double	English	Used - with two ivory rings!	$995	$759
Mollenhauer	Modern Alto	Alto Modern Voicing X	440	Rosewood	Three w/double key	Double	English	Used - Mint condition. Very powerful low notes!	$1350	$989
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	$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
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	New one coming in June!
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
Joachim Rohmer	Denner	Alto	440	Stained European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - An instrument at A440 that plays and sounds like an A415 instrument! Hand-selected by Charles Fischer at Stockstadt  2012!	$2250	$2450

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
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
Mollenhauer	Canta -Knick	Bass	A440	Maple	Four	Double/Key	English	New - Low price and ergonomic with Knick style of blowing!	$1295	$1059
Paetzold	Bass	Bass	A440	Birch/Plywood	Four	Double Keys	English	Used - Excellent condition. Strong low notes. Unique design with covered keys makes this instrument playable even by players with small hands! Comes with elegant semi-soft case.	$1950	$1595
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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