Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.

John Hudson

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

John Hudson

Place Made

United Kingdom ; London ; England ; Europe

Date Made

Probably 1855

Description

Technical description: Rosewood, with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Mouthpiece grooved for cord, table full-length, for a broad reed (14mm wide at tip). Barrel squat. Upper section: Straight speaker. Speaker liner projects to centre of bore. Lower section: rollers on long keys for L4. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. No thumb rest. Discontinuous bell with a german silver rim. Four keys in saddles (throat A♭, F₄/C₆, F♯₃/C♯₅, B♮₃/F♯₅). L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T; throat A♭. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T; cross B♮₃/F♯₅. R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keyhead type: shallow saltspoon. Keymount type: blocks, saddles, bell-shaped swelling. Bell ferrule loose. On stand with other demonstration instruments: keyless clarinet in C (83), piccolos (6) and (7), flutes (40) and (756), demonstration pipe (489). Specific usage history: Together with associated instruments, used as a teaching aid in the Music Faculty of Edinburgh University; demonstration instrument to be compared with keyless clarinet in C (83). Previous ownership: purchased by Professor John Donaldson for the Music Classroom, University of Edinburgh, from Wood & Co, Edinburgh, (Reid Collection).

Other Information

Specific usage history: Together with associated instruments, used as a teaching aid in the Music Faculty of Edinburgh University; demonstration instrument to be compared with keyless clarinet in C (83).

Notes

T.K. Dibley, 1991, 1992; H. Fricke, July 2005.

Measurements

598; 529 to top of barrel.

Provenance

purchased by Professor John Donaldson for the Music Classroom, University of Edinburgh, from Wood & Co, Edinburgh, 16 Jan 1856 for £5/-/-.

Collection

Reid Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0084

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