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These Renaissance flutes @A440 are designed after the originals surviving in Biblioteca Capitolare of Verona,the best extant flutes just a touch below modern pitch. Only the descant needed to be extrapolated from the dimensions of the tenors, since in no collection worldwide there is a discant of good construction and undoubted authenticity. Mouth-holes are cut with the utmost care in order to imitate the originals: they are very small and require patience and study to get acquainted with.
Wood is maple, as in about one third of the originals. Basses are always in two joints, while tenors and discants can be made in one or two joints on request. All surviving original tenors are in one joint, but contemporary authors mention that they can be made in two pieces. If you do not plan to have a full consort, it is probably advisable a two joint instrument, in order to tune in with the others.
Flutes are acid stained to dark brown or red brown.
In 1995 I wrote a bilingual booklet (english/italian) describing and measuring all 27 renaissance flutes surviving in italian collections (Filadelfio Puglisi: I Flauti Traversi Rinascimentali in Italia - The Renaissance Transverse Flutes in Italy. 1995. Editor S.P.E.S, Lungarno Guicciardini 9 Firenze). The booklet has been out of print for many years, but I can send you a photocopy of any specific instrument you are interested in.
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