PHILIPPE BOLTON

HANDMADE RECORDERS & FLAGEOLETS


ALTO (TREBLE) RECORDER AFTER Jean-Hyacinth ROTTENBURGH

410 Hz or 415 Hz

This boxwood alto recorder is a copy of one of the instruments by J.H. Rottenburgh (1672 - 1765) in the Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels. It is tuned to the original pitch (410 Hz) with the original Hotteterre fingerings.


An alto recorder after Jean-Hyacinthe Rottenburgh



This recorder can also be made at 415 Hz with normal baroque fingerings and double holes.

a version with double holes


You can listen to this instrument here:


Michel Blavet : L'Insinuante (1732)



Robert Carr : An Italian Ground
(The Delightful Companion, 1686)


Flûte à bec alto baroque d'après J.H.J. Rottenburgh : détail