Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.

Johann Christopher Selboe

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Johann Christopher Selboe

Place Made

Northern Europe ; Europe ; Copenhagen ; Denmark

Date Made

Circa 1850

Description

Technical description: stained boxwood, brass keys, ivory ferrules. Shares barrel and mouthpiece with (4063). Five pieces. Mouthpiece, barrel, upper section for all fingers except R4, lower section with keys, bell. German style mouthpiece of ebonite grooved for cord; probably not original. Long slightly bi-conical barrel with two ivory ferrules. Upper and `middle' section in one piece. Three key rings of rectangular section. Throat A-ring recessed to fit the speaker touchpiece. Speaker liner projects almost to the middle of bore. Small metal tube in the tone-hole for L0 to prevent water from dripping out there. Side trill key for throat A-B♮ crosses side key for F₄/C₆. Spectacle with countersunk tone-holes which correspond with an intonation-key to replace the B♭₃/F♯₅ key. Mounted with pillars. Integral thumb rest. Lower section: levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Bell discontinuous; ivory ferrule on top, wooden integral rim. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T + spectacle with intonation-key. R3: T + spectacle correspondance to intonation-key; B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: spectacle, blocks, pillars, swelling. Leaf springs and needle springs. Keyhead type: shallow cups Overall size: 689mm, 624mm to top of barrel, 576mm to tenon of upper section. Bore: at C₄ hole 14.9; at F₃ hole 15.5. Upper section stamped Two stars / "JOH. SELBOE. / A"; lower section stamped star / "JOH. SELBOE. / A"; bell stamped "JOH. SELBOE. / B". Selboe was born in Copenhagen 28 March 1807, died 6 March 1873. Repair History: This instrument is in a better condition than the one in B♭. Bells may had been mixed up. Blocks had been strengthened with pins, which have corroded. One crack next to the tone hole of the throat A-key. One crack next to the tone hole for the F₄/c₆- key. Third wooden ring had been chipped and repaired. The G#₃/E♭₅ key is repaired and/or a replacement: while the player can slide easily from the tone hole to the key and vice versa on the A-clarinet, this is not possible on the B. Made as a pair with (4063).

Notes

H. Fricke, July 2005.

Measurements

689mm, 624mm to top of barrel, 576mm to tenon of upper section.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

4064

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