Descant recorder

Descant recorder

BK-NM-11430-87

Sopraanblokfluit van bruin hout, gemerkt: W. Beukers.

stamp, on the head and main joint, stamped: ‘W:BEUKERS’ W:BEUKERS/ [a wide, short fleur-de-lis]

• Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instrument Makers from 1670 to 1820', The Galpin Society Journal 41 (Oct., 1988), p. 83-101: plate XV
• L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2
• Rob van Acht, 'Niederländische Blasinstrumente, 1670-1820', Tibia: Magazin für freunde alter und neuer bläsermusik 15, nr. 3 (1990), p. 169-185: 180, 182, afb. 4
• Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instruments, 1670-1820', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 38 (1988), p. 99-122: 117, plate 4
• Bruce Haynes, 'Appeal for pitches of original traversos and recorders', FoMRHI Quarlerly 63 (Apr., 1991), Comm. 1039, p. 56-60: 56
• Jan Bouterse, 'Dutch recorders and transverse flutes of the 17th and 18th century', FoMRHI Quarterly 64 (Jul., 1991), Comm. 1052, p. 33-37: 34
• Jan Bouterse, 'Some remarks on the W. Beukers baroque oboe (museum code 808/69) in the V&A Museum in London', FoMRHI Quarterly 72 (Jul., 1993), Comm. 1181, p. 28-35: 29
• Jan Bouterse, 'Alternative fingerings for long-foot Baroque recorders', FoMRHI Quarterly 90 (Jan., 1998), Comm. 1555, p. 26-29: 29

musical instrument maker: Willem Beukers (1703-1781), Amsterdam

c. 1750

esdoornhout (geverfd)

length 349 mm x diameter 40 mm

Purchased with the support of the State of the Netherlands and the Vereeniging van Noord-Nederlandsche Muziekgeschiedenis

Public domain

• Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instrument Makers from 1670 to 1820', The Galpin Society Journal 41 (Oct., 1988), p. 83-101: plate XV
• L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2
• Rob van Acht, 'Niederländische Blasinstrumente, 1670-1820', Tibia: Magazin für freunde alter und neuer bläsermusik 15, nr. 3 (1990), p. 169-185: 180, 182, afb. 4
• Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instruments, 1670-1820', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 38 (1988), p. 99-122: 117, plate 4
• Bruce Haynes, 'Appeal for pitches of original traversos and recorders', FoMRHI Quarlerly 63 (Apr., 1991), Comm. 1039, p. 56-60: 56
• Jan Bouterse, 'Dutch recorders and transverse flutes of the 17th and 18th century', FoMRHI Quarterly 64 (Jul., 1991), Comm. 1052, p. 33-37: 34
• Jan Bouterse, 'Some remarks on the W. Beukers baroque oboe (museum code 808/69) in the V&A Museum in London', FoMRHI Quarterly 72 (Jul., 1993), Comm. 1181, p. 28-35: 29
• Jan Bouterse, 'Alternative fingerings for long-foot Baroque recorders', FoMRHI Quarterly 90 (Jan., 1998), Comm. 1555, p. 26-29: 29

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200409073