Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Doré

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Doré

Place Made

Western Europe ; Europe ; Paris ; France

Date Made

Circa 1930

Description

Technical description: Ebonite with german silver ferrules and keywork. Keywork is chromium plated. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Standard Boehm system.Upper section: speaker liner projects c 4mm into bore. Thumb rest. L0: T + ring F₄/C♮₆; speaker. L1: T + ring F♯₄; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T + E♭₄/ B♭₅ corresponding ring. L3: T; cross E♭₄/ B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T + ring; B♭ via correspondence; side trill-key; side E♭₄/ B♭₅. R2: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅; B♭ via correspondence. R3: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅; B♭ via correspondence; cross B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; E₃/B♮₄; F₃/C♮₅; F♯₃/C♯₅. Keymount type: pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Overall size: 584 to top of barrel. Bore: at C₄ hole 15.0; at F₃ hole 15.5. Stamped on bell "LP / DORÉ / PARIS / 80", the name and place in a broken ellipse. Repair History: Three keys missing; mouthpiece missing; chromium plating worn. Barrel shortened (possibly to raise pitch from A₄ = c 435 Hz to A₄ = c 440 Hz); tenon of lower section has been replaced.

Notes

T.K. Dibley, August 1992; R. Neil, 1985; H. Fricke, July 2005.

Measurements

584 to top of barrel.

Provenance

Purchased in 1983 with assistance from the Government's Local Museums Purchase Fund and the University's General Council Trust.

Collection

Glen Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

1230

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