Hans Coolsma Recorders

March 2009 Price List


Aura Recorders

These are student recorders of older design but good quality, sweet and reedy in tone quality, with a very simple modern external profile and rather large straight windways.

Instrument Features Wood Choices Price
Soprano in c'' two piece, double holes pearwood, unlacquered 63.00
pearwood, lacquered 88.00
bubinga 175.00
palisander 229.00
Alto in f' three piece, double holes pearwood 289.00
bubinga 419.00
palisander 529.00
Tenor in c' keyless, double holes pearwood 504.00
keyless, double holes, bent neck 504.00
single c' key, double hole bubinga 619.00
single c' key, double hole, bent neck 619.00

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Conservatorium Recorders

These instruments were designed by the late Hans Coolsma as modernized interpretations of the Bressan style, with a slightly curved, highly conical windway; they have a light, rich, reedy tone quality, are excellent baroque style solo instruments at a moderate price, but are not well suited to ensemble use.

Instrument Features Wood Choices Price
Sopranino in f'' two piece, double holes pearwood 299.00
boxwood 379.00
palisander rosewood 405.00
grenadilla 539.00
Soprano in c'' three piece, double holes pearwood 299.00
boxwood 429.00
palisander rosewood 495.00
grenadilla 629.00
Alto in f' three piece, double holes pearwood 477.00
boxwood 650.00
palisander rosewood 754.00
grenadilla 975.00
three piece, double hole, double f'-f#' key pearwood 665.00
Tenor in c' keyless, double holes pearwood 702.00
keyless, double holes, bent neck 702.00
double c'-c#' key, double hole 858.00
double c'-c#' key, double hole, bent neck 858.00
keyless, double holes boxwood 866.00
keyless, double holes, bent neck 866.00
double c'-c#' key, double hole 999.00
double c'-c#' key, double hole, bent neck 1,019.00
keyless, double holes palisander rosewood 1,066.00
keyless, double holes, bent neck 1,066.00
double c'-c#' key, double hole 1,224.00
double c'-c#' key, double hole, bent neck 1,234.00
keyless, double holes grenadilla 1,246.00
keyless, double holes, bent neck 1,246.00
double c'-c#' key, double hole 1,415.00
double c'-c#' key, double hole, bent neck 1,425.00
Bass in f double hole, double f-f# key
supplied with interchangeable straight and bent necks
pearwood 1,659.00
boxwood 2,099.00

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Hans Coolsma Solo Recorders

These are artist quality instruments with the celebrated Coolsma profile, having slightly curved, highly tapered windways; they are extremely bright, reedy, and concentrated in tone quality. They are provided with deluxe fitted hard cases. They are excellent professional instruments for both solo baroque music and contemporary recorder literature. The outstanding reproductions of original Terton soprano and Bressan alto baroque recorders at low pitch, based on originals owned by Franz Brueggen, have recently been added to this series of handmade instruments. Mr. Coolsma made very few of these reproduction baroque instruments during his lifetime, and it is gratifying to have instruments made to his designs available once again.

Instrument Features Wood Choices Price
Solo soprano in c'' three piece, double holes,
deluxe fitted hard case
boxwood 795.00
palisander rosewood 795.00
grenadilla 990.00
European boxwood 1,107.00
imitation ivory 1,274.00
grenadilla, ornamented 1,595.00
European boxwood, ornamented 1,664.00
Terton soprano in c'' two piece, double holes,
a'415 Hz., deluxe fitted hard case
palisander rosewood 953.00
Solo alto in f' three piece, double holes,
deluxe fitted hard case
boxwood 1,465.00
palisander rosewood 1,465.00
grenadilla 1,835.00
European boxwood 2,132.00
imitation ivory 2,236.00
grenadilla, ornamented 2,704.00
European boxwood, ornamented 3,224.00
Bressan alto in f' three piece, double holes,
a'=415 Hz., deluxe fitted hard case
palisander rosewood 1,849.00
grenadilla 2,288.00
European boxwood 2,570.00
imitation ivory 2,964.00
Solo tenor in c' keyless, double holes palisander rosewood 2,020.00
grenadilla 2,405.00
European boxwood 2,724.00
imitation ivory 2,912.00
European boxwood, ornamented 3,946.00

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