A TORTOISESHELL VENEERED TREBLE (ALTO) RECORDER

細節

A TORTOISESHELL VENEERED TREBLE (ALTO) RECORDER
Attributed to Johann Heitz
stamped 'I Heitz', surmounted by a star on the fipple; ivory mounts with plain gold plaque on the footjoint
206 in. (51.6 cm.)

來源

Rothschild inv. no. AR1396.

出版

P. T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments, London, 1993, p. 123, no. 8.

拍品專文

Johann Heitz (fl. Berlin 1702-1737) was appointed court ornamental turner and musical instrument maker in 1710 and supplied recorders to the Munich court around 1719-21. It is documented that he made fifteen treble (alto) recorders of which ten are of boxwood with tortoiseshell veneer.