Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Key, Rudall, Rose, Carte & Co

Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Key, Rudall, Rose, Carte & Co

Place Made

London; United Kingdom; England; Europe

Date Made

Circa 1857

Description

Technical description: Rosewood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Four pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, one-piece body, bell. Original named cocus wood mouthpiece marked for a ligature. Zig-zag speaker with chimney on front of the instrument. Long tailed British throat A♭ key. Ebonite bushed R2 and R3 tone-holes. C sharp mechanism. End pivoted F₃/C₅ key. 13 keys, 2 rings, 2 german silver rollers on L4 levers. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T; throat A♭. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Playing accessories: Ligature, wooden reed-cap. (5010), (5011) and (5012) boxed together in fitted wooden case. Also in case: cleaner, two envelopes with old and new pads, an original Hawkes & Son card box with 9 reeds. A matched set with (5010) in C (5012) in A.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

584, 660 with mouthpiece.

Provenance

ex- Chris Tulloch, 5 Crane Road, Twickenham. His grandfather John Tulloch played them.; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection; MIMEd

Accession Number

5011