DescriptionTechnical description: Stained boxwood with brass crook, bell, ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, upturned bell. Original named wooden mouthpiece. Two speaker keys. Plate for L0, L1, L3, and R3. Tone-holes under RH rings lined with brass. Shaped thumb rest. Sling ring. 13 keys, 4 plates, 2 rings.
L0: Plate; speaker 1-2.
L1: Plate; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T.
L3: Plate; cross E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅.
R2: T + spectacle.
R3: Plate + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅.
R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅.
Keyhead type: salt spoon.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars.
Playing accessories: reed, original ligature and reed-cap.
Dents in bell.
Restored 1999 by Mark Withers for use. L4 keys were missing, now replaced. The mouthpiece is a replacement. |