Features Mollenhauer 4507 Kynseker Bass Maple Wood Recorder Description Product Description Renaissance-/Earlybaroque Ensemble from Garklein to Great bass Versatile instruments after Hieronymus F. Kynseker (Nuremberg, 1636-1686) based on the original instruments kept at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. Our Kynseker ensemble instruments remain faithful to the most important characteristics of the originals: its outer form and its strong sound, so full of personality. A superb consort instrument: tuning and sound have been carefully matched. The fingerings are similar to those of the familiar Baroque fingering patterns. a' = 442 Hz Included: Instrument Case Carying strap With adjustable support spike Adjustable thumb rest Wool mop Recorder oil Joint grease Fingering chart Maintenance instructions Kynseker bass f, maple with key. A full renaissance sound with much character and depth, baroque fingering, and a range of two octaves. Suitable for renaissance or early baroque consort music as well as solo music from early and modern periods. The production of a complete consort of recorders after the design by Hieronymus F. Kynseker (1636-1686), in the German National Museum in Nuremberg, is perhaps one of Mollenhauers finest achievements. Faithful to the originals, the instruments have a narrow arched windway, a strong sound that is particularly noteworthy in the lower register and a full two octave range using fingering similar to the baroque system.