Alto Recorder in F; ca. 1700; N黵nberg; Germany; German; Ivory; Height: 19 1/8 in. (48.6 cm); Aerophone-Whistle Flute-recorder; Johann Benedikt Gahn (German; Nuremberg 1674-1711 Nuremberg); Johann Benedikt Gahn was admitted as master in the N黵nberg wood turners guild in 1698. Specializing in musical instruments he maintained a workshop until his death in 1711. About sixteen recorders and a few oboes of ivory or boxwood have survived