Tenor clarinet. Nominal pitch: F.

Cuvillier

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Instrument

Clarinet/Clarinets/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Cuvillier

Place Made

Europe ; Western Europe ; France

Date Made

Early 19th Century

Description

Technical description: Fruitwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Mouthpiece not original, modern ebonite, with ligature. Barrel slightly curved externally, but its bore is straight. Upper section: straight speaker. Speaker liner projects c 3mm into bore. Lower section: Right-hand finger-holes slanted bassoon-wise. Pillar used as thumb rest and for a sling ring. Ferrules flanged on barrel, half-round on lower section, arched on bell; the straight bell has a wide ivory rim. L0: @I{T; Speaker . L1: @I{T; A♮; A♭. L2: @I{T. L3: @I{T; E♭/B♭. L4: @I{C♯/G♯; E/B♮ bascule; F♯/C♯. R1: @I{T; A♮/B♮ trill; F/C♮. R2: @I{T. R3: @I{T; cross B♭/F♮; curved side B♮/F♯. R4: @I{G♯/E♭; F/C♮ bascule (not the usual hinged key). Keymount type: unusual brass `bracket-saddles' recessed into wood. Keyhead type: shallow saltspoons. Overall size: 883; to top edge of barrel 813. Sounding length: 883. Bore: (Mouthpiece 16.6); upper section at top 18.4, at bottom 17.8. All parts except mouthpiece stamped with sunburst / "CUVILLIER / A ST. OMER" / asterisk; Mouthpiece stamped "HAWKES & SON / MAKERS / LONDON"; Ligature stamped "H. SELMER / PARIS". Usable pitch: A₄ = 444 450 Hz. Specific literature references: Puttick and Simpson's auction catalogue 25 April 1946, lot 105; G.S. (1968) No. 190. Illustration references: G.S. (1968) Plate VIII (2); Follan 1987a, p.22.

Notes

T.K. Dibley, 1992, August 1991; H. Fricke, July 2005.

Measurements

883; to top edge of barrel 813.

Provenance

ex-Nettlefold Collection.

Collection

MIMEd ; Rendall Collection

Accession Number

0088