Treble (Alto) Recorder
c. 1670
National Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, United States
Treble (alto) recorder in F by Jan Juriaensz van Heerde, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ca. 1670 (NMM 4504).
Jan Jurianensz van Heerde (1638-1691) was one of the first flute makers in Amsterdam and the first of three generations of instrument makers in the Van Heerde family. According to its former owners, this Indian ivory recorder was brought to Krefeld, Germany (north of Cologne) around 1850 by a Dutch merchant who gave it to a German merchant in settlement for his debts. Like its Renaissance ancestors, this recorder can be played with either the left or right hand above the other. The duplicate hole for the left little finger is currently plugged with wax, indicating that the instrument was last played with the left hand above the right.
- Title: Treble (Alto) Recorder
- Creator: Jan Juriaensz van Heerde (1638-1691)
- Date Created: c. 1670, c. 1670
- Location Created: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Type: woodwind musical instrument
- Rights: © National Music Museum
- Provenance: Ex coll.: Ruth and Paul Schmitt, Krefeld, Germany
- Photo Credit: Bill Willroth, Sr.
- Credit: Rawlins Fund, 1987
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