InstrumentClarinet |
Instrument FamilyWind |
Date MadeCirca 1875, perhaps earlier |
DescriptionTechnical description: Brass body with brass keywork and cocus mouthpiece. Three pieces: mouthpiece, one-piece body, bell. Mouthpiece with long brass tenon sliding into top of body for tuning. Skeleton tube with chimneys and finger-rests for L0, L1, L2, L3 and R1 finger-holes. The cross-key for F natural shares an axle with the spectacle. All leaf springs have raised seats on the body. Bell, conical with soldered brass rim, carries bascule of B natural key: no ferrules, but sleeve at top of body has half-round wire rim: thumb rest shaped and swallow-tailed, soldered to a finger-rest.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮.
L2: T; throat A♭.
L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T + spectacle.
R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅.
R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅.
Keymount type: pillars on base-plates soldered to body.
Keyhead type: saltspoon.
With well-made fitted wooden case lined with blanketing: metal cap, with cut-away for ligature, showing traces of nickel plating.
Minor deformation of bell rim.
Repair History: The chimney and `finger-rest' for the R1 finger-hole a replacement by E. Planas, 1986.
General usage of type: Probably made for use in a mid-19th century brass band.
Usable pitch: 436-440 Hz. |
Other InformationGeneral usage of type: Probably made for use in a mid-19th century brass band. |
NotesT.K. Dibley, August 1992; T.K. Dibley, September 1990; H. Fricke, July 2005. |
Measurements656; 580 to top of body. |
ProvenancePurchase, 1981. |
CollectionMickleburgh Collection; MIMEd |
Accession Number1542 |