DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood body; german silver head, tuning-slide section, cap, keys and foot ferrule; 3 sections; ebonite Schwedler embouchure-plate screwed on; oval embouchure-hole; screw-stopper; tuning-slide; cork beneath keytouches; cork-lapped tenon.
L0: B♭.
L1: T.
L2: T.
L3: T.
L4: G♯; long F.
R1: T; C; D trill.
R2: T.
R3: T; cross F.
R4: D♯.
Keymount type: rod/pillar; leaf springs except for D♯ key (needle).
Keyhead type: cylinder cup.
Overall size: 311 mm
Sounding Length: embouchure to foot, 266 mm
Bore: conical
Performance characteristics: Range D⁴ - B♭⁶ (sounding D⁵ - B♭⁷). Plays well, except lowest note.
Usable pitch: Sounding A⁴ c 449 Hz.
Stamped "8" / lyre / "KULOW / MAGDEBURG" / star. Along body stamped "WERKKAPELLE / NIEHUS u. DÜTTING / NORDHORN".
With fitted vinyl-covered case and grease pot shared with (1546) and (1547), and protective cap for tenon
A set with E ♭ piccolo (1547) and reform system flute (1546). |