DescriptionThis 5-keyed boxwood instrument has ivory ferrules and brass keywork. It is in six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section (for right hand fingers), lower section (with keys), and bell. The mouthpiece has a long tenon, grooved for the cord, and probably original. The keyheads are square and flat and the keymounts are turned wooden rings. The barrel is waisted. The instrument is inscribed on the barrel and all sections “G. MILLER / LONDON” / unicorn head.
Technical 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. Boxwood mouthpiece with long tenon, grooved for cord, probably original. Waisted barrel. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Zig-zag F♯[3]/C♯[5]. Bevelled G♯[3]/E♭[5]. Guidance for bascule key in round ring. 5 keys.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮.
L2: T.
L3: T.
L4: E[3]/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 rings (square and round), swelling. Keyhead type: square flat.
Signature marks: Inscribed on barrel and all sections "G. MILLER / LONDON" / unicorn head.
Specific literature references: Young 1993, No 6 or No 7. |