Baroque Alto after Stanesby Junior

      Baroque Alto A440 “Reinhard”

         Voice Flute

            Tenor Recorder in C after Stanesby Junior

A = 415 Hz or 392 Hz
Natural or stained boxwood

  By taking over his father’s workshop, Thomas Stanesby Junior became the most well-known woodwind instrument maker in London of his time.
  My model is based on his superb alto recorder that is now in the Musical Instrument Museum in Paris. For this recorder, I use natural or stained (with nitric acid) European boxwood. I can also make an extra body and foot to play at A392.
  Imitation ivory rings are optional. An estimate is available upon request.

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  This recorder model at modern pitch is entirely my own conception, inspired by many sources, but especially by my long experience with the Stanesby 415 .
  As for all my Baroque recorders, I use European boxwood, natural or stained upon request. Over twenty years ago I selected and cut myself most of the boxwood that I use.

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Voice Flute

Boxwood or maple on request

   The expression “Voice Flute” is ambiguous. The definition that suits me the best suggests that this recorder has the range of the human voice. This may explain why the “real” originals (for example Bressan) don’t play more than an octave and six notes. But today, most recorder players won’t accept that limit. That is why, even though I based my model on Bressan for his fantastic tone quality, I modified the foot in order to obtain the full range of a Baroque recorder.

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A = 415 Hz or 440 Hz
Natural or stained boxwood, or maple

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