Von Huene Alto Scherer a=392 Arrangement_Duet Amongst many of the items

Amongst many of the items recovered from the Mary Rose were a large collection of early woodwind instruments

Tuning: E flat major (Scale: Bb-d-eb-f-g-a-bb-c1)

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Von Huene Alto Scherer a=392 Arrangement_Duet Amongst many of the itemsThe von Huene Scherer alto recorder is based on an instrument believed to be made between 1740 and 1750 by Georg Heinrich Scherer in the small town of Butzbach. The original, now in the private collection of the von Huene family, is in ivory with single holes and plays close to a=410. By scaling the body joint down the instrument pitch has been brought down to a=392, making it a beautiful, low pitch instrument. The Scherer alto is a favorite amongst