A consort is a group of instruments playing together. There are two types of consorts:

a) whole consort, which consists of instruments all from the same family, and

b) broken consort, which has instruments from more than one family.

A renaissance consort would likely be a consort playing music from the renaissance period, with instruments that date back to that period.

A consort is a group of instruments playing together. There are two types of consorts:

a) whole consort, which consists of instruments all from the same family, and

b) broken consort, which has instruments from more than one family.

A renaissance consort would likely be a consort playing music from the renaissance period, with instruments that date back to that period.

Broken consort.

A group of Musical Instruments is called a consort.

Consort is a same family of instruments. The string consort: violin, viola, cello and bass. A wind consort is an ensemble of recorders in different registers.