DescriptionTechnical 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. |