Contrabass clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Leblanc

Instrument

Great bass clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Leblanc

Place Made

France; Western Europe; Paris; Europe

Date Made

Circa 1935

Description

Technical description: Silver plated brass with silver plated german silver keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section in U-form, lower section in U-form, upright bell. Original named ebonite mouthpiece. Tone-hole from D₄/A₅ and below on the lower section. Two speaker keys: one used as B♭ key, one used to overblow. Device for a spike. 20 keys, 7 plates. L0: Plate + F₄/C♮₆; speaker 1; speaker 2. L1: Plate + F♯₄; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: Plate + E♭₄/B♭₅ correspondence. L3: Plate; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; E♭₃. R1: Plate + ring B♭₃/F♮₅ via correspondence; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side F♯₄/C♯₆; trills 1-2. R2: Plate + ring B♮₃/F♯₅ via correspondence. R3: Plate + 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; E♭₃. Keyhead type: modern. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Playing accessories: spike. With a probably original case. The mouthpiece is a replacement.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

Case: 114.3cm long, 34.29cm wide, 13.34cm tall.; 1150.

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

MIMEd; Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection

Accession Number

5356