DescriptionOverall size: 745.
Sounding length: with holes covered and keys closed, 2287.
Bore: mouthpipe 14.9 (minimum bore); distal end of crook 18.9; at 1144mm from bell end, c 49; at c 423mm from bell end, 69; bell 82 92 (oval).
Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 14.9, no taper.
Technical description: Wood, with leather binding; ivory finger hole bushes; brass stays, bell mount, crook receiver mount, keys and crook; 6 finger holes; keys for L0, R4 and R0 arranged for right hand held under tube.
Keyhead type: flat round.
Inscribed on bell rim "Haye Maker / London".
Crook receiver lining (brass tube 177mm long, with flange) is loose in instrument body.
3rd key a replacement by C.W. Monk, 1980.
Usable pitch: Playable at A4 = 440 Hz and at slightly higher pitches.
Performance characteristics: Good response throughout range. A detailed fingering chart for use at A4 = 440 Hz prepared by D. Murray Campbell is in the owner's documentation; the fingering for best response and intonation is not simple. The primary functions of the keys are:
L0: B_.
R0: C#.
R4: G_
but it is possible that the instrument was built for use at a higher pitch and that the R4 key was intended for F#.
Mouthpiece (1157) made for this instrument, 1980.
Specific literature references: Campbell 1999.
Illustration references: Vol. 1 p.125; Campbell and Greated 1987, p.364. |