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Renaissance  and Medieval Recorders

Here is a listing of our best renaissance and medieval style soprano, alto, tenor and bass recorders for sale. These instruments are designed with a wide, slightly conical bore, which facilitates the production of strong low notes and helps the instrument produce tones with strong fundamentals, which helps them blend well in 15th and 16th century consorts for 2-5 recorders.  All instruments, new and used, are sold with a 7-day trial period. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase.

Maker	Recorder Model	Recorder Size	Pitch	Material	Pieces	Holes	Fingering	Comments	List Price	Our Price
Aesthé	Renaissance	Soprano Osborne - Rowing X Osborne - Greensleeves X	440	Maple	Two	Double	English	New - perfect for renaissance or early baroque, having full two octave and a note range.	$270	New $270
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Renaissance/Transitional	Soprano Osborne - Rowing X Osborne - Greensleeves X	440	Boxwood	Two	Double	English	Used, as new - perfect for renaissance or early baroque, having full two octave and a note range.	$380	Used $329
Aesthé	Renaissance	Soprano Osborne - Rowing X Osborne - Greensleeves X	440	Boxwood	Two	Double	English	New - perfect for renaissance or early baroque, having full two octave and a note range.	$380	New $380
Guido Klemisch	Ganassi	g-Alto	466	European Boxwood	Two	Single	Ganassi	Used - Very good condition. Perfect for renaissance consorts or 17c Italian/German early baroque music.	$1500	$1195
Monika Musch	Medieval-Cylindrical	Soprano in c Alto in g Alto in f	440	Maple	SAA	Single	Renaissance	New! - Very strong, ringing tone thoughout the range. Perfect for music from 1150-1450!	$4150	New $4350
Mollenhauer	Dream Flute Consort (Or available separately)	Consort (Sop in c, Alto in f, Tenor in c, Tenor in c, Basset in F)Josquin X Frescobaldi X Ellington X	440	Pear	SATTB	Double w/Double Keys	English	New - Strong wide bore tenor for SATB, ATTB, or SATTB consort or solo music from any era!	$3850	$3250
Moeck	Consort Series	Tenor Josquin X Praetorius X Alto in f Josquin X Bass Praetorius X	440	Maple	SATB	Single	English (no need to learn renaissance fingering)	New - excellent fundamentals for blending in renaissance consort!	$4150	$3995
Adriana Breukink	Schnitzer Consort	SAT QNG (Quartet New Generation Demo Video	440	Acid-Stained Maple	SAT	Single & Double w/key	Renaissance/Ganassi	New - Beautifully balanced consort with keyed tenor possible to play even with small hands!	$5150	$4995
Martin Praetorius & Norm Stoecker	Renaissance Consort	SATTB Demo Videos Sermissy Woodcock	440	Maple	SATTB	Single Key on Stoecker Basset	Renaissance with Open Ninth	New - Wonderfully matched set for renaissance duos, trios, quartets, and quintets.	$7150	$6960
Bob Marvin	Vienna/Praetorius	Tenor Lasso AmbulaveroX	460	Stained Maple	One	Single	Renaissance	Used - Revoiced to original specifications by Adri Breukink. Plays like new. Current waiting list is several years!	$2450	SOLD to the gentleman in Quebec
Bob Marvin	Flauto Doppio	Soprano in c + Alto in f  Li nouviautz tanzX	460	Stained Maple	One	Single	Special Fingerings	Used - Perfect condition! Learn to play duets by yourself! Save Bob Marvin's waiting list of several years!	$1850	SOLD to the gentleman in Quebec
Tim Cranmore	Dordrecht Tim Cranmore Demo	Soprano	440	Plum/Box	One	Single	Jambe de Fer	New-Amazing re-construction of one of the earliest surviving recorders!	$1050	SOLD to the gentleman in Quebec
Levin-Silverstein	Renaissance	Alto in f	440	Maple	One	Single	English	Used - Mint condition. Revoiced and tuned by Tom Prescott 2/15/2010.	NLP	SOLD! June 23, 2012 to the gentleman in Tokyo
von Huene	Ganassi	Soprano	440	Curly Maple	One	Single	English (not Ganassi)	Used - Exceptionally beautiful renaissance instrument at A440. Great for van Eyck and renaissance music.	$1100	SOLD! June 20, 2012 to the gentleman in Tokyo
Jean-Luc Boudreau	Cylindrical	Soprano	440	Maple	One	Single	Renaissance	New - Lovely medieval or renaissance cylindrical soprano  This is a fine instrument to lead a renaissance consort or for medieval solos and duets.	$700	SOLD! April 17, 2012 to the gentleman in Quebec
Francisco LiVirghi	Renaissance	Alto in f	440	Maple	One	Single	Renaissance	Used - Mint condition except for slight scratches on back of head. Strong, solid, notes for renaissance consort performance!	$1650	SOLD 9/25/2011 to the lady in Somerville, MA
Eugene Ilarionov	Rosenborg	Soprano Original Pitch X Modern Pitch X	440 or Original Pitch 478	Stained Boxwood	One	Single	Jambe de Fer	New - light, chiffy tone - perfect for Van Eyck	$1350	SOLD 8/20/2011 to the musicians in Dayton, OH
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	SOLD 4/15/2011 to the gentleman in Belgium
Adriana Breukink	Renaissance Consort	Consort (Sop in c, Alto in f, Tenor in c,  Basset in F)QNG (Quartet New Generation Demo Video	440	Stained Maple	Two	Single/Double	Renaissance	Matched consort at A440 using Moeck renaissance consort bass for end-blown cap and price savings with great quality!	New Call for special price 812-339-5870	SOLD 12/23/2010 to the gentleman in Sweden
Ture Bergstrom	Renaissance	Alto in g	440	Pear	One	Single	Renaissance	Used - Mint condition, play SA music on g-alto and tenor fingered as SA! Revoiced and tuned 6/15/2009 by Tom Prescott.	NLP	SOLD 6/05/2010 to the gentleman in El Paso
von Huene	Ganassi	Soprano	440/415	Curly Maple	Three	Single	English (not Ganassi!)	New - Exceptionally beautiful renaissance instrument in two pitches. Hand-selected by Charles Fischer at BEMF 2009	$1350	SOLD 2/15/2010
Adriana Breukink	Bassano Consort (showing 6 of the 8 recorders in the set) Great Consort Packed in 8 Cases!	Full Consort (Alto in g, Tenor in c, Tenor in c, Basset in G, Basset in F, Greatbass in C, Greatbass in C, Contrabass in FF)	466 - As played by: Flanders Recorder Quartet, Farallon Quartet, and The Royal Wind Music (Paul Leenhouts)	Stained Maple	One, Two, and Three pieces	Single	Renaissance	Matched consort at A466!  Outstanding sound and superior ergonomics: Tenors playable by people with small hands, larger instruments disassamble for easy travel, larger instruments have footpegs for comfortable playing. Contrabass has offset thumbhole for more comfortable playing. Smaller instruments have closed ninth fingering.	$24500	SOLD 12/29/2009 to the gentleman in Bloomington for use of the Early Music Institute at Indiana University
Bob Marvin	Vienna/Praetorius	Tenor Lasso AmbulaveroX	460	Stained Maple	One	Single	Renaissance	Used - Revoiced to original specifications by Tom Prescott 8/24/2009 - Plays like new. Current waiting list is several years!	$2350	SOLD 10/08/2009 to the gentleman in Ann Arbor
Adriana Breukink	Schnitzer	Tenor QNG (Quartet New Generation Demo Video	440	Acid-Stained Maple	Two	Single & Double	Renaissance/Ganassi	New - Amazingly powerful and centered renaissance keyless tenor that can be played even by someone with small hands. Some higher notes using Ganassi fingerings.	$1950	SOLD 08/02/2008 to the gentleman in Baton Rouge
Ture Bergstrom	Renaissance	Alto in G	440	Pear	One	Single	Renaissance	Used - Mint condition, play SA music on g-alto and tenor fingered as SA!	$1750	In personal collection after successful revoicing by Tom Prescott at BEMF 2009
Yoav Ran	Ganassi	Soprano	466/440/415	Maple	Four	Single	Ganassi	Used - Mint condition, play in any pitch!	$2150	SOLD 7/05/2009 to the gentleman in Tokyo
Yoav Ran	Ganassi	Alto	466/440	Maple	Three	Single	Ganassi	Used - Mint condition, play in either renaissance pitch!	$2150	SOLD 6/02/2009 to the gentleman in Tokyo
Adrian Brown	Rafi	Tenor	520	Olivewood	One	Single	Jambe de Fer	New - exquisite tone with organ-like chiff - perfect for late medieval music. Two octave range! The ease of the high notes of these instruments and the quick speech and articulation possibilities more than balance any weaknesses they have in the bottom register.	$2150	SOLD 04/25/2009 to the professional recorder player in Brooklyn
Adriana Breukink	Schnitzer	Tenor	440	Acid-Stained Maple	Two	Single & Double	Renaissance/Ganassi	New - Amazingly powerful and centered renaissance keyless tenor that can be played even by someone with small hands. Some higher notes using Ganassi fingerings.	$1950	SOLD 12/03/2008 to the lady in Wisconsin
Adriana Breukink	Schnitzer	Tenor	440	Acid-Stained Maple	Two	Single & Double	Renaissance/Ganassi	New - Amazingly powerful and centered renaissance keyless tenor that can be played even by someone with small hands. Some higher notes using Ganassi fingerings.	$1950	SOLD 3/22/2008 to the gentleman in Sweden
Adriana Breukink	Schnitzer	Tenor	440	Acid-Stained Maple	Two	Single & Double	Renaissance/Ganassi	New - Amazingly powerful and centered renaissance keyless tenor that can be played even by someone with small hands. Some higher notes using Ganassi fingerings.	$1950	SOLD 3/11/2008 to the gentleman in North Carolina
Adriana Breukink	Schnitzer	Tenor	440	Acid-Stained Maple	Two	Single & Double	Renaissance/Ganassi	New - Amazingly powerful and centered renaissance keyless tenor that can be played even by someone with small hands. Some higher notes using Ganassi fingerings.	$1950	SOLD 6/`5/2006 to the gentleman in Utah
Bob Marvin	Ganassi	Alto in g	460/466	Maple	One	Single	Renaissance/Ganassi	Mint condition, as new, wonderful cylindrical tone. Perfect for 15th and 16th century music and earlier.	$1550	SOLD 5/12/2006 to the gentleman in Hong Kong
Bob Marvin	Vienna/Praetorius	Four Foot Consort: Two altos in g, one alto in f, two tenors in c, one bassett in F	460	Stained Maple	One	Single	Renaissance	Fine four foot consort from outstanding maker. Current waiting list is several years!	Used -  Successfully revoiced by Bob Marvin himself! (Sept, 2005)	SOLD to the gentleman in Niigata, Japan 9/25/2005
Bergstrom	Renaissance	Tenor	440	Pear	One	Single	Renaissance		Used - Successfully revoiced by Tom Prescott $950	SOLD 8/17/2004
Scheele	Renaissance	Tenor	440	Plumwood	Two	Single	Renaissance		$525	SOLD 2/21/2004
Scheele	Renaissance	Alto in f	440	Plumwood	Two	Single	Renaissance		$295	SOLD 8/18/2003
Von Huene	Renaissance	Soprano	440	Boxwood	One	Single	English		NCIP	SOLD 4/15/2003
Li Virghi	Renaissance	Alto in f	440	Maple	One	Single	Renaissance		$950	SOLD for personal collection 4/15/2003
Bergstrom	Renaissance	Soprano	440	Pear	One	Single	Renaissance		NCIP	SOLD 1/17/2003
Von Huene	Renaissance	Alto	440	Curly Maple	One	Single	English		$1250	SOLD 3/11/2002
Bartram	Renaissance	Tenor	440	Stained Maple	One	Single	Renaissance		NCIP	SOLD 8/12/2002
Scheele	Renaissance	Tenor	440	Maple	Two	Single	Renaissance		$475	SOLD 10/24/2002
Moeck	Renaissance	Soprano	440	Maple	Two	Single	English		NCIP	SOLD 6/10/2002

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