Virdung recorders

 

Sebastian Virdung provided directions on the composition of a recorders consort  and on their  fingerings. The consort was made up of a bass flute in F, two tenors in C and an alto in G.

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The fingerings are shown in the treaty for each individual instrument.

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My reconstruction of the instruments was inspired by the drawings included in the book that also coincide with those published later in another treaty: Music instrumentalis deudsch by Martin Agricola, published in Wittenberg in 1529

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