DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood with ivory ferrules and thumb-rest, and silver keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, and bell. Original named ebony mouthpiece grooved for cord. All keys mounted in wooden blocks. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. 13 keys.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T.
L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅; lever for F₄/C₆.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T.
R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅.
R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keyhead type: flat round. Repair History: Crack in mouthpiece glued.
Keymount type: wooden blocks and swelling.
Signature marks: Inscribed on all pieces with double-headed eagle / "S KOCH / WIEN" / star; joints also stamped "A".
(5291), (5490), and (5491) in a wooden box lined with soft pale beige leather. Also in box one extra barel for each instrument, 3 original named mouthpieces, 1 unstamped rosewood mouthpiece in a case, cord, and a key for the box.
Crack in mouthpiece glued.
(5291) in A, (5490) in B♭, and (5491) in C are a matched set of clarinets.
Specific literature references: Young 1993, No 19.
Previous ownership: Winfried Schmitz (dealer); ex- Willi Burger collection, Zürich.
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