PHILIPPE BOLTON, RECORDER MAKER

Medieval, pre-baroque, and baroque recorders

This painting by Simone Martini (1312), shows a musician playing two recorders together, giving a possibility of simultaneously playing a tune and a drone or simple accompaniment. The tune and accompaniment can even be passed from one pipe to the other. Joining the two together makes them easier to play since they form a single rigid instrument.

You can listen to
this instrument here



or here if the player does not
work on your browser

von der Vogelweide (13th Cent.): Under der Linden  

• Each pipe has 5 holes, (including the thumb) giving a total chromatic range of over an octave, with notes from c to a on the right hand (low) pipe, and from f to d on the left hand (high) pipe, as well as some extra high notes from f₂ to a₂.
  
  
• Pitch: 440, 460, 466 or 523 Hz.

Philippe BOLTON,
22 Le Grand Portail, F-84570 VILLES-SUR-AUZON, France
TEL : +33 4 90 61 86 11