These instruments are patterned after drawings by Praetorius. Keith is an excellent musician as well as instrument builder and has designed these instruments with the right combination of bore, voicing, and reed to be a true musicians instrument. Shawms Made from English sycamore by Keith Lorraine. Fingering much as descant recorder in C. Modeled on an original dated 1518. Fingering as treble recorder modeled on a 17th century original.
All models sycamore and leather covered.
The pipe and tabor are a one-handed flute and shallow drum played at the same time. It first appeared in S. France and N. Spain in the 12th C. and is still played there today. During the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance it was known in most of Western Europe. It is used mainly to accompany dances. You can play a full scale of an octave or more using just the 3 holes of this flageolette while playing an accompaniment on the tabor drum.