Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

E.J. Albert

Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

E.J. Albert

Place Made

Central Europe; Europe; Brussels; Belgium

Date Made

Circa 1900

Description

Technical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Tone-hole for B₃/F♯₅ through lower tenon of upper section. Curved speaker with chimney on front of the instrument. Long tailed British throat A♭ key. Barret action. C sharp mechanism. 1 extra trill key. 13 keys, 4 rings, 4 ebonite rollers. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T + ring; throat A♭. L3: T + ring; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; Barret action (F₄/C₆; E♭₄/B♭₅); side trill key 1-2. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern Signature marks: Inscribed on upper section with star / monogram EJA / "E.J. ALBERT / A BRUXELLES" / star; on lower section and bell with star / "E.J. ALBERT / A BRUXELLES" / star; on barrel with star / "E.J. ALBERT" / star. Crack in bell. Mouthpiece missing. A pair with (5471) in A.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

600.

Provenance

obtained by Shackleton in exchange for a clarinet in E♭ by H. Bettony, Boston, U.S.A., 17.8.1968.; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection; MIMEd

Accession Number

5470