Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.

Blackman

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Instrument

Clarinet ; Clarinet/Clarinets/Wind/Musical Instrument

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Blackman

Place Made

England ; Europe ; United Kingdom ; London

Date Made

Circa 1820

Description

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Mouthpiece of dark wood with long tenon and short table; grooved for cord; unstamped but contemporary. Barrel high-waisted. Upper section: Speaker liner extends c 4mm into bore. All blocks strengthened with brass pins. Lower section: Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Wide parabolic ferrule, no thumb rest. Bell discontinuous. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. R1:T; trill key for throat A-B♮. R2: T; R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks; swelling. Keyhead type: flat square. With elegant boxwood reed-cap. Tiny chip from top tenon of upper section. Repair History: Top ferrule of barrel has been replaced by another one of wrong type (from the lower section of a three-section clarinet) and c 3mm too wide, so that the mouthpiece cannot be pushed fully home. Mouthpiece tenon tight leaving little room for adequate lapping. Usable pitch: A₄ = c 440 Hz.

Notes

R. Neil, 1986; T.K. Dibley, 1992; H. Fricke, July 2005.

Measurements

595; 539 to top of barrel; bell rim overall 73.5.

Provenance

Purchased by H.I. Brackenbury from Howarth, London, for £0/15/0. ; Government allocation to the University, 1991.

Collection

C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

1029

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