A Renaissance Basset Recorder
Artist: Italian
Location: Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
Date: 16th Century
Materials: boxwood with brass mounts
Dimensions: 84 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £10,000 (Total: £10,000)
Vendor: Michael Morrow
Review number: 3017 (1983)
Description:
A Renaissance Basset recorder is made in one piece and pitched between a bass and a tenor, similar to a Baroque bass recorder. The recorder is stamped with the 'double plume' mark, like many early wooden wind instruments. Perhaps by a Venetian maker.
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