Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Thomas Key

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Instrument

Clarinet ; Clarinet/Clarinets/Wind/Musical Instrument

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Thomas Key

Place Made

England ; Europe ; United Kingdom ; London

Date Made

Circa 1812

Description

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section with holes for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Barrel waisted. Upper section: tone-hole for E♭₄/B♭₅ under the side lever for A-B♮ key. Speaker liner projects into bore. Middle section: Wide parabolic ivory ferrule, no thumb rest. Lower section: Levers for E₃/B♮₄ and F♯₃/C♯₅ mounted in a bell-shaped swelling; bevelled touchpiece for G♯/E♭. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: E₃/B♮₄; zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; trill key for throat A-B♮. R2: T; cross B♮₃/F♯₅. R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keyhead type: flat square. Keymount type: blocks, swelling. All pieces stamped "KEY / LONDON" / CHARING CROSS" / unicorn head trademark. Previous ownership: Purchased by H.I. Brackenbury from Wood & Co, Newcastle, for £0/15/0. Current ownership: Government allocation to the University, 1991. (C.H. Brackenbury Memorical Collection).

Notes

T.K. Dibley, 1992; R. Neil, 1986; H. Fricke, July 2005.

Measurements

601 to top of barrel.

Provenance

Purchased by H.I. Brackenbury from Wood & Co, Newcastle, for £0/15/0. ; Government allocation to the University, 1991.

Collection

C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0937

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