Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Adler & Co., or R.E. Westerlund.

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Instrument

Clarinet ; Clarinet/Clarinets/Wind/Musical Instrument

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Adler & Co., or R.E. Westerlund.

Place Made

Germany ; Europe ; Central Europe

Date Made

Circa 1820

Description

Technical description: Boxwood with horn ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Mouthpiece, probably original, with ridge to hold string, filed grooves to stop it slipping. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Integral wooden rim. 8 keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: turned wooden rings, blocks, swelling. Keyhead type: flat round. Horn ferrule of middle section damaged. Mouthpiece tip damaged.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

646 with original mouthpiece.

Provenance

purchased via eBay U.S.A. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

5138