Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Oskar Oehler

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Oskar Oehler

Place Made

Europe ; Germany ; Berlin ; Central Europe

Date Made

Circa 1900-1930

Description

Technical description: Blackwood with silver plated german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Cased with (5484) with two named Oehler mouthpieces, one green, one black. Full Oehler system with disconnectable C sharp mechanism and F₃/E₃ vent. 18 keys, 5 rings, 1 plate, 4 black ebonite rollers. L0: T; speaker corresponding with first ring. L1: T + ring + vent; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T + ring + vent; alternative cross key for F₄/C₆. L3: T + ring; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; alternative lever for B♭₃/F₅; alternative lever for G♯₃/E♭₅. R0: E₃/F₃ vent. R1: T + ring + vent; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat G-A or C₆-D₆; side trill for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C; alternative touchpiece for C♯₄/G♯₅. R2: Plate. R3: T + ring (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. (5052) and (5484) in black double case with green velvet. Possibly original. Also in case: a mop, two mouthpieces, one extra barrel marked "B", one extra barrel marked "A". Cord and two screws in pink paper, a part of a sign "Vorsicht Musikinstrumente". A tuning ring, a yellow cleaning cloth "Die Holzbläser". (5052) in B♭ and (5484) in A are possibly a matched pair of clarinets.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

596.

Provenance

Thomas Reichle, Die Holzbläser (shop), Berlin. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

MIMEd ; Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection

Accession Number

5052

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