Koch recorder?

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There is a description of this instrument in this article. http://www.recorderhomepage.net/history/innovations-in-recorder-design/

Kock and his son produced recorders in Haverhill, NH from around 1940 to 1970.

Hi, all. We've just had a rather strange bass recorder donated, and I
wonder if anyone can provide some information about it. There's no name on
the instrument, but on the removeable windway (I'll get to that) the name
"Koch" is stamped. It is a very short scale bass, with no keys, and a hand
stretch no more than a large tenor! The range cuts off at the upper
register C, like some other basses I've come across. The strangest thing
is that there is a removeable piece of wood that has the windway and edge
built into it. This piece slides into a slot on the top of the instrument
such that the player blows from the side and the edge is perpendicular to
the bore rather than parallel to it. Amazingly enough, it plays just fine
and has probably given a lot of pleasure to the amateur consort player who
donated it.
I vaguely remember reading something about a "Koch" back in the 1960s or
1970s, someone who made recorders and lived, perhaps, in the New England
area. I'm sure there's someone on this list who could fill in the blanks
for me!
(This is cross-posted to Early Music List and Recorder List; appologies for
any duplications.)
John
Virginia Tech Department of Music
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
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http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html

[Jack Campin]

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Hi, all. We've just had a rather strange bass recorder donated, and I
wonder if anyone can provide some information about it. There's no name on
the instrument, but on the removeable windway (I'll get to that) the name
"Koch" is stamped. It is a very short scale bass, with no keys, and a hand
stretch no more than a large tenor! The range cuts off at the upper
register C, like some other basses I've come across. The strangest thing
is that there is a removeable piece of wood that has the windway and edge
built into it. This piece slides into a slot on the top of the instrument
such that the player blows from the side and the edge is perpendicular to
the bore rather than parallel to it. Amazingly enough, it plays just fine
and has probably given a lot of pleasure to the amateur consort player who
donated it.

There is a description of this instrument in this article.
http://www.recorderhomepage.net/history/innovations-in-recorder-design/

Koch made some of the recorders Bernard Krainis played. I have one of
his altos, in cocobolo, and posted about it on Hanneke van Proosdij's
forum:

http://recorders.ning.com/forum/topics/weird-cork-arrangement-on-a-koch-recorder

and here:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.music.early/r7xddfQFgCw

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