DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Unstamped cocus wood mouthpiece marked for a ligature. The instrument has extension slides in barrel, between upper and lower sections, and above lowest tone-hole, to convert high to low pitch. Connections between sockets and tenons lined with german silver. Upper section with a spectacle operating a vent just above L1. C sharp mechanism. Mechanism of bascule key is able to be extended. 13 keys, 4 rings, 4 red rollers. L0: @I{T; speaker. L1: @I{T + ring; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: @I{T + ring. L3: @I{T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: @I{C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: @I{T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: @I{T + spectacle. R3: @I{T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: @I{G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. |