Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/939 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title Baroque alto recorder Subject 421.221.12 Publisher Moeck Contributor Roger Vetter Type European Format 19.6 in. length Identifier 342 Language EN Alternative Title treble recorder flûte à bec flûte d'Angleterre flûte douce Blockflöte flauto diretto flauto dolce Extent Rottenburgh Medium wood cork bone Requires 1 Is Part Of 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 --