Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/667
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	Renaissance great bass recorder
Subject
	421.221.12-5
Publisher
	Mollenhauer
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	European
Format
	52.2 in. length without bocal
1.7 in. bore diameter at mouthpiece
1.3 in. bore diameter at bell
23 in. length of bocal

Identifier
	032
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
	metal
	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

--