DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Curved speaker key with chimney on front of instrument. Doughnut key for L2. L4 levers on a single pivot. 17 keys, 7 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 + ring; cross E♭₄/ B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯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.
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.
Playing accessories: ligature, reed-cap.
With a black case liked with purple cloth. Also in case: cork grease, music card holder, 11 reeds in various cardboard slips bought in Charleston.
The mouthpiece is a replacement. |