Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C (?)

composite J.B. Willems / G.A. Rottenburgh.

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

composite J.B. Willems / G.A. Rottenburgh.

Place Made

Europe ; Belgium ; Brussels ; Central Europe

Date Made

Circa 1765

Description

Technical description: Dark stained boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys and integral bell. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Turned guide lines in swelling. 3 short keys SATB. 2 levers SATK. Extendable L4 levers. Middle section does not fit well and may belong to a B♭ clarinet. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T. G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: rudiments of turned rings, swelling. Keyhead type: flat square. Barrel, mouthpiece, speaker key, and leaf spring for R4 missing; crack in lower section.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

536 to top of upper section.

Provenance

from Christies after auction. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

4939