Renaissance Bass (Basset) Recorder - Image 3

c. 1550

National Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, United States

Detail view of the recorder's key mechanism hidden beneath the perforated wood fontanelle (sleeve). This bass recorder has one brass key with a swallowtail touchpiece and a flat, round key cover. A leather pad is sewn to the key cover. A heavy brass spring, attached to the wood, overlaps the key.

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Title: Renaissance Bass (Basset) Recorder - Image 3
Creator: Arzasius or Hans Schnitzer (1486-1565)
Date Created: c. 1550
Location Created: Munich or Nuremberg, Germany
Type: woodwind musical instrument
Rights: © National Music Museum
Provenance: Ex coll.: Canon Francis W. Galpin, Harlow, England
Photo Credit: Bill Willroth, Sr.
Credit: Arne B. & Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 1985

National Music Museum, University of South Dakota

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