Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.

Stephan Koch

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Instrument

Clarinet ; Clarinet/Clarinets/Wind/Musical Instrument

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Stephan Koch

Place Made

Austria ; Europe ; Central Europe ; Vienna

Date Made

1825 or later

Description

Technical description: Stained boxwood with ivory ferrules and silver keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Mouthpiece cocus, with long table, grooved for cord, expanding at base to meet swelling of barrel. Barrel bulbous, lined with metal to fit silver tuning-slide on top of upper section. Speaker unusual, the motion of the rear thumb-lever being conveyed to front key by a ring mechanism concealed by a silver band; the tone holes have integral wood seatings: the two blocks of long keys for L4 are lined with silver and have a silver `saddle' carrying the central duplicate E♭ key; ferrules ivory, half-round on bell and lower section, tapered with rim on barrel; thumb rest ivory, shaped, screwed to body. Little-finger key swelling fusiform; leaf springs; diagonally-mounted duplicate lever under L4 opens the E♭₄/B♭₅ cross-key; duplicate key under L4 gives an alternative G♯₃/E♭₅; side key under R3 (or R4) for B♮₃/F♯₅. Bell has wide ivory rim. 12 key system plus second touchpiece on L4 for E♭₄/B♭₅ key and alternative G♯₃/E♭₅ on L4. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; alt. side key for E♭₄/B♭₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T;, R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keyhead type: round flat. Keymount type: blocks, swelling. With leather (?) case, fitted inside with leather. Usable pitch: A₄ = c 455 Hz. Specific literature references: G.S. (1968) No. 148; Young 1993, 8; Rice 2003 pp.45, 65. Illustration references: Vol. 1 p.93. (Rendall Collection).

Notes

R. Neil, 1986; T.K. Dibley, 1990, 1992; H. Fricke, July 2005.

Measurements

581; 521 to top of barrel.

Collection

Rendall Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0081

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