DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules, crook, bell, and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, upturned metal bell. Throat B♭ mechanism adjustable with plastic screws and activated from throat A key that closes upper speaker tone-hole and opens lower when depressed. Plate on thumb-hole. Chromatic extension down to C₃. 22 keys, 6 rings, 1 plate, 6 rollers.
L0: Plate 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; G♯₃/E♭₅.
R0: E♭₃; D₃; C♯₃; C₃.
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: reed, cord, spike.
With a simple wooden box. Wrapped in towels. Also in the box: pencil, pen, sand paper, cork grease, cord, cleaning, cloth, YAMAHA cleaning paper. Reed-cap.
Previous ownership: Cary Karp (Stockholm) by exchange.
Mouthpiece bought from Zinner, December 1997. |