DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Four pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, one-piece body, bell. Curved speaker with chimney. No tube in thumb-hole. Articulated C♯₄/G♯₅, opened with L4 E₃/B₄ lever, closed with R1. Patent C sharp mechanism. 14 keys, 6 rings, 4 ebonite rollers.
L0: T; speaker corresponding with first ring.
L1: T + ring + vent; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T + ring + vent.
L3: T + ring; E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; alternative lever for G♯₃/E♭₅.
R1: T + ring + vent; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T + ring.
R3: T + ring (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅.
R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅.
Keyhead type: modern.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars.
Mouthpiece missing.
Previous ownership: Alan Hacker. |