Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/662 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title Renaissance alto recorder Subject 421.221.12 Publisher Mollenhauer Contributor Roger Vetter Type European Format 421.221.12 Identifier 023 Source Southern Europe Language EN Coverage Italy Alternative Title flûte à bec flûte à neuf trous flûte d'Angleterre flûte douce Blockflöte Langsflöte Schnabelflöte flauto diretto flauto dolce Medium wood cork Requires 1 Is Part Of Renaissance Recorder Consort Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Europe Provenance Grinnell College Music Department Air cavity design for aerophones tubular - tapering with open distal end Source and direction of airstream player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones beveled edge in wall of instrument, indirectly blown against with aid of duct Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity Overblowing utilization in aerophones overblowing at consecutive partials Pitch production in aerophones multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing Category of Instrument aerophone --