Recorder

Recorder
(re-KOR-der)

A wind instrument of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Baroque eras. The recorder is a simple instrument related to the flute; it is sounded by blowing into one end and the pitch is adjusted by covering finger holes. This instrument does not have a reed but is voiced simply by forcing air through a whistle mouthpiece as a duct flute. The Renaissance recorder differed from that of the Baroque in that the Renaissance recorder had a more cylindrical bore, while the Baroque recorder had a more conical bore. During the Baroque era, this instrument began to be overshadowed by the transverse flute.

Also [Eng.] recorder; [Fr.] flûte à bec or [Fr.] flûte douce; [Ger.] Beckflöte or [Ger.] Blockflöte or [Ger.] Schnabelflöte; [It.] flauto dolce or [It.] flauto diritto; [Sp.] flauta de pico.