The Schnitzer flutes are copies of originals in the Biblioteca Capitolare in Verona. The library, which belongs to the city cathedral, owns a a small collection of instruments, all of which are known to have been donated to the cathedral in 1631. In this collection are eight renaissance traversos including three (two tenors and a bass), marked with the brand mark "AA". This mark is attributed to either Sigmund or Arsazius Schnitzer, both of whom belonged to the Schnitzer family of woodwind and brass instrument makers, active in Nuremberg in the sixteenth century. The Verona consort can be dated to the second quarter of the sixteenth century. The originals play at a=428 and are made of fruit-wood, possibly plum. I have re-calculated them to play at 440, keeping all of the measurements in proportion so that the copy will be as close to the original as possible. This model has a slightly larger bore then the Bassano instruments and a unique embouchure which is overcut to enhance the volume of the instrument. This special overcut, masterfully executed, is found on all three instruments and is, to my opinion, original.
Copies are available in maple and in a variety of fruit-wood: pear, plum or cherry. The bass is made with two horn rings as is the original.