DescriptionTechnical 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, R4 tone-hole and integral bell. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. These levers have axle push-pins with terminal knobs.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮.
L2: T.
L3: T.
L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T.
R2: T.
R3: T.
R4: T. G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keymount type: turned wooden rings, swelling. Keyhead type: square flat.
Condition: Mouthpiece missing; barrel chipped.
Specific literature references: Young 1993, No 2; Rice 2003, p.55.
Inscribed on all parts with lion of Bohemia rampant / "DOLEISCH / PRAG" / sun; on lower section with lion of Bohemia rampant / "DOLEISCH / PRAG / 1793" / sun. |