Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Alberto Schönstein

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Alberto Schönstein

Place Made

Europe ; Italy ; Southern Europe

Date Made

Circa 1881

Description

Technical description: Blackwood with richly decorated german silver keywork and ferrules. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. R1 alternative touchpiece on C♯₄/G♯₅ and L4 alternative G♯₃/E♭₅ lever and thumb alternate E₃/F₃. Also L3 F₄/C₆. Tube in thumb-hole. Ingenious adjustable keywork action. Shaped thumb rest. Patent C sharp mechanism. 16 keys, 2 rings, 4 rollers. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅, F₄/C₆. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; alternative G♯₃/E♭₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C; side trill key for throat G♯-A or C₆-D₆; alternative touchpiece on C♯₄/G♯₅. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle; B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: pillars with pins. Keyhead type: shallow cups. Playing accessories: reed and ligature. Repair History: The mouthpiece is a replacement. The barrel is a replacement. Specific usage history: "This maker is only known from the Milan 1881 exhibition. This instrument could have been an exhibition model to judge from the keywork".

Other Information

Specific usage history: Shackleton's notes give: This maker is only known from the Milan 1881 exhibition. This instrument could have been an exhibition model to judge from the keywork".

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

499 to upper section, 633 with barrel and mouthpiece (replacements).

Provenance

Vichy auction December 2005. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

MIMEd ; Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection

Accession Number

5304

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