DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood body; german silver head, tuning-slide section, keys, cap, and ferrule at foot; ebonite Schwedler embouchure-plate screwed on; oval embouchure-hole; corks beneath keytouches; screw-stopper; G♯ hole on nearside. 7 keys.
L0: B♭.
L1: T.
L2: T.
L3: T.
L4: G♯; long F.
R1: T; C; D trill.
R2: T.
R3: T; cross F.
R4: D♯.
Keymount type: rod/pillar; leaf springs except for D♯ (needle).
Keyhead type: cylinder cup.
Overall size: 301 mm
Sounding length: embouchure to foot, 255 mm
Bore: conical
Stamped "6" / lyre / "KULOW / MAGDEBURG" / star. Along body: stamped "WERKKAPELLE / NIEHUS u. DÜTTING / NORDHORN".
Performance characteristics: Range D⁴ - B♭⁶ (sounding E♭⁵ - B⁷). Plays well throughout range.
Usable pitch: Sounding A⁴ = c 448 Hz.
A set with piccolo (1548) and reform system flute (1546). |