Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Buffet-Crampon

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Instrument

Clarinet/Clarinets/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Buffet-Crampon

Place Made

Paris ; Europe ; France ; Western Europe

Date Made

1930

Description

Technical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Four pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, one-piece body, bell. Probably original black ebonite mouthpiece. Curved speaker with chimney on front of the instrument. Articulated C♯₄/G♯₅ opened by L4, closed by any RH ring. Additional C♯₄/G♯₅ trill key for R1 or R2. Additional L4 lever for G♯₃/E♭₅. All keys under rings lined with ebonite. 19 keys, 6 rings. L0: T + ring F₄/C♮₆; speaker. L1: T + ring F♯₄; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T + E♭₄/B♭₅ corresponding ring. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. R1: T + ring B♭₃/F♮₅ via correspondence; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side F♯₄/C♯₆; trills 1-2. R2: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅ via correspondence; C♯₄/G♯₅ trill. R3: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅ via correspondence; cross B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; E₃/B♮₄; F₃/C♮₅; F♯₃/C♯₅. Keyhead type: modern. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. (5480) and (5142) are cased in long original black case with green velvet. Also in case: 3 barrels, 2 mouthpieces, 7 Vandoren reeds. (5480) in A and (5142) in B♭ are a matched pair of clarinets. Previous ownership: ex-John Playfair collection.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

596.

Provenance

ex- John Playfair collection. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

MIMEd ; Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection

Accession Number

5142

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