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New and Used Soprano Recorders

Here is a listing of our best new and used soprano recorders (known as descant recorders in the UK) 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 soprano recorder.

A440

Maker	Recorder Model	Recorder Size	Pitch	Material	Pieces	Holes	Fingering	Comments	List Price	Our Price
Mollenhauer	Dream Flute (X)	Soprano	440	Maple	Two	Single	English	New - Better sound than the plastic versions!	$179	New $129
Mollenhauer	Dream Flute (X)	Soprano	440	Maple	Two	Double	English	New - Better sound than the plastic versions!	$189	New $139
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
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Renaissance	Soprano	440	Maple	Two	Double	English	New - perfect for renaissance or early baroque, having full two octave and a note range.	$270	New $270
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)	Renaissance/Transitional	Soprano	440	Boxwood	Two	Double	English	New - perfect for renaissance or early baroque, having full two octave and a note range.	$380	New $380
Moeck	Rottenburgh	Soprano	440	Grenadilla (African Blackwood) w/two ivory rings	Three	Double	English	Used - mint condition with two real ivory rings!	$659	$429
Mollenhauer	Kynsecker	Soprano	440	Plumwood	Two	Single	English	Used - Mint condition!Full two-octave range! Perfect instrument for 17th Italian and Dutch repertoire	$595	Used $389
Moeck	Kynsecker	Soprano Hilton X	440	Plumwood	Two	Single	English	Full two-octave range! Perfect instrument for 17th Italian and Dutch repertoire	$629	New $459
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!	$759	$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
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	$700
F. Von Huene (#2284)	Renaissance	Soprano	440	Stained Boxwood	One	Single	English	Used - Lovely renaissance soprano in excellent condition. Thumbhole shows almost no wear. There is some slight discoloration around the lip and tone holes, but no wear. This is a fine instrument to lead a renaissance consort!	$1000	$750
F. Von Huene	Renaissance Ganassi	Soprano	440	Curly Maple	One	Single	English	Used - Mint Condition!	$1100	$950
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	$1050
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
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 2011	$1500	$1500
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

A415

Maker	Recorder Model	Recorder Size	Pitch	Material	Pieces	Holes	Fingering	Comments	List Price	Our Price
Aesthé (Boudreau)	Aesthé	Soprano	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - professional quality at a moderate price!	$595	$595
James Scott	Haka	Soprano	415	European Boxwood	Two	Single	English	Used - Very good condition. Very sweet tone.	NLA	$659
Moeck	Steenbergen	Soprano	415	Indian Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - professional quality at a moderate price!	$850	$675
Boudreau	Van Eyck Handfluyt	Soprano	415	Boxwood w/Ivory Thumb Bushing	One	Single	Jambe de Fer	Used - nice tone - perfect for Van Eyck	$1150	$950
Ralf Netsch	Ganassi	Soprano	415	Plumwood	Two	Single	Ganassi	New - Great value in Ganassi!	$950	$1050
F. Canevari	Van Eyck Handfluyt	Soprano	415	Flamed Maple w/Ivory Thumb Bushing	One	Single	Jambe de Fer	Used - Very rare from this famous Italian maker! Sweet tone - perfect for Van Eyck	NLA	$1150
Jean-Luc Boudreau	Steenbergen	Soprano	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	Used - Mint Condition As New - Very pleasing round tone, perfect for Bigaglia, Senaille, Delalande, Delavigne and Telemann	$1320	$1195
Ralf Netsch	Peter Bressan	6th Flute (Soprano in d)	415	European Boxwood & Artificial Ivory	Three	Double	English	New - Hand-picked by me at the 2011 Boston Early Music Festival!	$1200	$1350
Jean-Luc Boudreau	Bressan	Fourth Flute (soprano in Bb)	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Perfect instrument for Dieupart and several other soprano suites and sontatas in flat keys!	$1430	$1430
Tom Prescott	Boekhout	Soprano Castello Sonata Quarta	415	European Boxwood	Two	Double	English	Used - Revoiced and by the maker in March, 2006 to bring it to as-new playing!	$1625	$1450
Christoph Trescher	Terton	Soprano	415	Plumwood	Three	Double	English	New - Very clear sound throughout the range. Hand-selected by Charles Fischer at Stockstadt 2010	$1250	$1450
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 2011	$1500	$1500
von Huene	Terton	Van Eyck Corelli Soprano	415	Stained Boxwood (Dark)	Two	Double	English	New - Very clear sound throughout the range. Hand-selected by Charles Fischer at BEMF 2009	$1600	$1600
von Huene	Terton	Van Eyck Corelli Soprano	415	Stained Boxwood (Light)	Two	Double	English	New - Very clear sound throughout the range. Hand-selected by Charles Fischer at BEMF 2009	$1600	$1600
von Huene	Stanesby Jr.	Fourth Flute (sop in Bb)	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	As New - Truly beautiful dark tone! Hand-selected by Charles Fischer at BEMF 2011	$1650	$1625
Guido Klemisch	J.C. Denner Handfluyt	Soprano van Eyck - Praeludium (X)  van Eyck - Prins Roberts Masco (X)	466	Plumwood	One	Single	Jambe de Fer	New - Lightning quick response with nice chiff! - perfect for van Eyck!	$1550	$1550
Guido Klemisch	Perosa	Soprano	415	European Boxwood	Two	Double	English	New - Excellent tone! Scaled from an original Perosa sopranino in maker's collection!	$1850	$1850
Ralf Ehlert	Rosenborg Castello Sonata(X)	Soprano	415	Boxwood	One	Single	Jam de Fer	New - exquisite tone - perfect for 17th c. Italian sonatas and trios	$1920	$1850
Takeyama	Bressan	Soprano	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Marvellous instrument. Hand-picked at the Boston Early Music Festival!	$1850	$2150
Ralf Ehlert	Bressan	Soprano	415	European Boxwood	Three	Double	English	New - Excellent tone! Incredible combination of power and subtlety. Very responsive!	$1950	$2150
Ralf Ehlert	Anonymous (coll. Peter Thalheimer)	Soprano	440/415	Boxwood	One head/two bodies	Single	Jambe de Fer	New - exquisite tone - perfect for 17th c. Italian sonatas and trios	$2250	$2350

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