Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Boosey & Hawkes

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Boosey & Hawkes

Place Made

London ; England ; United Kingdom ; Europe

Date Made

1939

Description

Technical description: Blackwood with silver plated german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Sharing one mouthpiece with (4883). 1010 model. All tone-holes under rings lined with ebonite. Integral wooden bell rim. Adjusting screw on G♯₃/E♭₅ cover. 17 keys, 6 rings. L0: T + ring F₄/C♮₆; speaker. L1: T + ring F♯₄; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T + E♭₄/B♭₅ corresponding ring. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. 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. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Playing accessories: reed, ligature, reed-cap. With double Boosey & Hawkes case embossed CES with label of David L. Fingerhut, woodwind repairer. Usable pitch A₄ = 439 Hz. Specific usage history: Former playing instrument of Sidney Fell.

Other Information

Specific usage history: Former playing instrument of Sidney Fell.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

586

Provenance

Sidney Fell, obtained through Keith Puddy. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

4861

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