DescriptionTechnical description: Brown wood with german silver crook, ferrules, and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, bell. Wooden Albert mouthpiece marked for a ligature. Raised L1 and L2 tone-holes. Straight speaker, short throat A♭ key. Wide metal ring as thumb rest has been moved. Sling ring mount has not enough space. 12 keys, 1, ring, 4 tone-holes covered.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T.
L3: Covered tone-hole; cross E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: Covered tone-hole; side F₄/ C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T + ring.
R3: Covered tone-hole (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅.
R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅.
Keyhead type: modern.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars with push pins.
Playing accessories: reed, ligature, reed-cap [not belonging].
The bell is missing. Crack in upper section.
The mouthpiece is a replacement. The original inscription "I.T. Uhlmann / Wien" has been covered by a wide metal sleeve.
Previous ownership: Pete Freeman, Cambridge. |