DescriptionTechnical description: Cocus wood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, bell. Original mouthpiece grooved for cord. Five tone-holes covered with plates. Chromatic extension. 17 keys, 5 plates, 2 rings.
L0: Plate; speaker corresponding with first ring.
L1: T + ring + vent; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: Plate + vent.
L3: Plate; E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R0: C₃; C♯₃; D₃; D♯₃.
R1: Plate; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T + ring.
R3: Plate + (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅.
R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅.
Keyhead type: modern.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars.
Playing accessories: reed, cord.
Specific usage history: Used by Tony Pay, 2001, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Previous ownership: purchased in Prague. |