(Nürnberg, 1681-1735) Boxwood original with four
middle joints, at a=415, 405, 392, and one to make a transposing
instrument in Bb (lowest note C) at a=405.
The Instrument
Jacob Denner was a well-known oboist as well
as a member of a distinguished family of woodwind makers,
and the first maker confirmed by surviving documentation to
have made clarinets (1711). His extant instruments include
three-joint flutes as well as oboes, clarinets, bassoons,
and recorders. The flute we copy was discovered in 1991 and
is generally considered to be the finest of his four-joint
instruments, as well as one of the earliest such flutes to
survive. German flutes of the 1720s usually played at a low
chamber pitch around a=400-405: this instrument is no exception,
as it has two middle joints (one of them for transposing down
a tone) at that pitch. In addition it was supplied with a
middle joint for 415, as well as one a semitone below that,
at a=392. Combining an original capability of playing at modern
neo-baroque standard pitch of a=415 with its excellent intonation
in all keys and its strong and colorful sound, the Denner
flute has quickly become our most popular baroque flute.
Giovanni Antonini, with Il Giardino Armonico.
From: Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concertos. Teldec
4509-98442-2 (2 CDs).
Time: 5:11 Size:328 Kbytes 16 bit stereo 44.1 KHz sampling
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