DescriptionTechnical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys and integral bell. Unstamped ivory mouthpiece, grooved for cord, probably original. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Three short keys SATB, long keys SATK. Extendable L4 levers. 5 keys.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮.
L2: T.
L3: T.
L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T.
R2: T.
R3: T.
R4: T. G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keymount type: turned wooden rings, swelling. Keyhead type: flat square.
Previous ownership: Tony Bingham, London; from another British dealer.
Inscribed on all pieces except mouthpiece "AMLINGUE" fleur-de-lis / "AMLINGUE / A PARIS / B". |