Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Heinrich Friedrich Kayser

Photo by Raymond Parks © The University of Edinburgh

Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Heinrich Friedrich Kayser

Place Made

Hamburg; Central Europe; Germany; Europe

Date Made

Circa 1850

Description

Technical description: Stained boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Upper section strengthened with german silver ferrule and pinned with brass pins. Brass tube in thumb-hole. 14 keys, 2 rings, 4 brass rollers. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T; cross F₄/C₆. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: saddles, pillars on plate. Keyhead type: shallow cup. Mouthpiece and barrel missing.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

527 to tenon of upper section.

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection; MIMEd

Accession Number

4853