DescriptionTechnical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Eight pieces: mouthpiece, two barrels (B♭, B♭), two upper sections (B♭/A), two middle section for the fingers of the right hand (B♭/A), lower section with keys, bell. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Extendable L4 levers. Five original keys mounted in turned rings and swelling, five added, some of them mounted in saddles. 10 keys.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T.
L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T.
R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅.
R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keyhead type: flat square.
Keymount type: turned wooden rings, swelling, saddles.
Mouthpiece missing. 5 keys added. Restored for William Maynard by Brian Ackerman.
Specific literature references: Rice 2003, p.223 note 42.
Previous ownership: William Maynard, N.Y.; Sotheby's auction. |