Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Boosey & Co

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Boosey & Co

Place Made

London ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

February 1904 - 1912, probably 1906

Description

Technical description: Rosewood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Sharing unstamped cocus wood mouthpiece, marked for a ligature, with (5474). Barrel numbered. Curved speaker with chimney on front of the instrument. All tone-holes under rings lined with ebonite. Long tailed British A♭ key. Barret action. One extra trill key. R1 tone-hole through tenon of upper section. All tenons strengthened with german silver. Covered tone-hole for R2 to avoid finger spacing. C sharp mechanism. Integral wooden bell rim. 13 keys, 3 rings, 1 plate, 4 ebonite rollers. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T + ring; throat A♭. L3: T + ring; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; Barret action (F₄/C₆; E♭₄/B♭₅); trill 1-2. R2: Plate + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Playing accessories: ligature, reed-cap. (5297) and (5474) are in a brown leather case with green velvet. Also in case: one extra reed-cap, a leather etui with five reeds, cork-grease. (5297) in B♭ and (5474) in A are a matched pair.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

598

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

MIMEd ; Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection

Accession Number

5297

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