Instruments
Instruments for hire
EMSQ has a substantial collection of quality early music instruments available for hire. If you'd like to try a crumhorn, a cornetto, a baroque flute, a viol, a bodhran or something else, please contact us to check availability. Depending on the instrument, hire costs start from $10 per month, plus a refundable deposit.
Our collection includes the following instruments.
Viols - tenor, treble, bass
Baroque violins
Baroque viola
Baroque cello
Pipe
Cornettos
Crumhorns - soprano, treble, tenor, bass
Rauschpfeife
Cornamusen - soprano, alto, tenor, bass
Baroque flute
Dulcimer
Lute
Lute guitar
Bass dulcian
Percussion - 16" Bodhran with beaters, 12" Renaissance drum, 16" Renaissance drum
Recorders - descant, treble, tenor, bass
Great bass recorder
Contrabass recorder
Recorder Consort - Yamaha - soprano, alto, tenor, bass
Recorders for Sale
(From the Watts Collection)
A number of very good recorders from the collection of Tony Watts have become available for sale following his passing. Tony was a devoted recorder and viol player and keen collector of quality recorders, and his family is offering these recorders for sale to enthusiastic players who will appreciate them and make good use of them.
Many are top-shelf wooden recorders from boutique recorder makers, such as von Huene, Netsch, Rohmer and Boudreau. Others are quality wooden recorders made by large producers like Moeck and Yamaha and there are also some good quality plastic recorders by Aulos and Yamaha. While the majority are pitched at A440, five are pitched at A415 and two have joints to provide both pitches.
For more information about these instruments, including condition and price, please click the links below. Both pages contain important information. The instrument number on both pages refers to the same instrument.
