DescriptionTechnical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Highly waisted barrel for a long-tenon mouthpiece. Thumb-hole lining of brass seems to be a later addition. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. Guidance for bascule key in square ring. 6 keys.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮.
L2: T.
L3: T.
L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T; trill key for throat A-B♮.
R2: T.
R3: T.
R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keymount type: turned wooden square rings, swelling.
Keyhead type: flat square.
Repair History: Wood recessed under speaker key and lined thumb-hole seem to be later additions. The mouthpiece is a modern replacement. |