Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Cramer & Key

Photo by Raymond Parks © The University of Edinburgh

Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Cramer & Key

Place Made

Europe; England; London; United Kingdom

Date Made

Circa 1805

Description

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Original named ebony mouthpiece grooved for cord. Waisted barrel for a long tenon. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; trill key for throat A-B♮. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, swelling. Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: Top tenon of upper section replaced by Tom Dibley.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

600, 661 with mouthpiece.

Provenance

ex- Tom Dibley collection; ex- Adam Carse, 22 May 1945.; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection; MIMEd

Accession Number

2538