Bass clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Oskar Oehler

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Instrument

Bass clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Oskar Oehler

Date Made

Circa 1900

Description

Technical description: Cocus wood with german silver crooks, bell and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook [missing], upper section, lower section, upright bell. Basic Oehler keywork, no C sharp mechanism. Throat B♭ automatic operating from throat A key: Speaker key operates two key-heads. Only the upper one opens when used to overblow. Depressed with throat A key the upper key head closes and the lower opens in order to give an in-tune throat B♭. Upper speaker key with a chimney. Speaker liner projects into centre of the bore. Thumb-hole key end-pivoted from below. L1 tone-hole covered by a plate with a pinhole for throat register. L2 `Donut'-key for the same reason. All other tone-holes covered. No side vents on lower section. L0 levers for E♭ and D. Thumb rest with a sling ring. Large bevelled vent hole on the bottom of lower section. 16 keys, 7 covered tone-holes, 4 brown ebonite rollers. L0: Plate; speaker. L1: Plate; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: Plate; alternative cross key for F₄/C₆. L3: Plate; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R0: @I{E♭₃; D₃. R1: Plate; side F₄/ C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: Plate. R3: Plate (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. Shackleton's notes mention crooks, which are now missing. The mouthpiece is missing.

Notes

H. Fricke, 2006.

Measurements

1120 to top of upper section.

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

4922

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