DescriptionOverall size: 464; bell 135.
Sounding length: with slide in and keys closed, 1205.
Bore: minimum 11.0; 603mm from bell end, c 22.8; c 387mm from bell end, 32.2.
Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 12.0 11.3.
Technical description: Brass. 7 keys. Rack and pinion tuning at mouthpipe. No garland, wired bell rim.
Keyhead type: flat round.
Inscribed on bell rim "HALARI FACTEUR DE LA MAISON DU ROI BREVETE D'INVENTION ET LA PERFECTIONNEMENT RUE MAZARINE A PARIS", with small stamped crest.
With fitted, leather lined wooden box.
Usable pitch: Plays at A4 = 440 Hz with mouthpiece (1285), c 30 cents above A4 = 440 Hz with mouthpiece (1284), c 30 cents below A4 = 440 Hz with mouthpiece (908). Rack and pinion lowers pitch by c 30 cents.
Purchased by lender with, probably formerly used with and possibly supplied by manufacturer with mouthpieces (908), (1284) and (1285); also purchased by lender with mouthpiece (1286), but this latter does not fit this instrument.
Specific literature references: Wheeler 1966 p.69.
Illustration references: Vol. 1 p.126; Galpin Society Journal XIX (1966), Plate II. |