Bass clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Hüller

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Instrument

Bass clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Hüller

Place Made

Germany ; Central Europe ; Europe

Date Made

Pre 1948

Description

Technical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules, crook, bell and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, upturned bell. Black plastic Arthur Uebel mouthpiece. Two speaker keys, one with a chimney on crook. Automatic throat B♭ mechanism that opens vent when throat A and second speaker key are depressed simultaneous. All keys covered with plates, only L1 and L2 plates have holes. Diatonic extension to C₃. C sharp mechanism. 17 keys, 7 plates, 4 black rollers. L0: Plate; speaker 1 + 2. L1: Plate; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: Plate. L3: Plate; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R0: D₃; C₃. R1: Plate; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill 1-2. R2: Plate + spectacle. R3: Plate + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keyhead type: modern. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Decorative features: bevelled bell. Playing accessories: reed, cord, wooden reed-cap. With original case, tag inside "G.H. Hüller / Fabrik für Holzblasinstrumente / i. Saxophone / Schöneck (Vogtland)". Brown velvet. Also in case: cork grease. Tag on lid "L. NICHOLEFF / MUSIC STUDIO / PHONE 22.-9100." The mouthpiece is a replacement.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

1060

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

5355

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