DescriptionTechnical description: Ebony with ivory ferrules and silver keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Ingenious alternative lever for F₄/C₆. Extendable L4 levers. Alternative R0 touchpiece for F♯₃/C♯₅. Integral wooden thumb rest. Was 14, now 13 keys.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T; cross F₄/C₆.
L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R0: F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T.
R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅.
R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keyhead type: flat square.
Keymount type: turned wooden rings, blocks, swelling.
The C♯₄/G♯₅ key for L4 missing.
Crack in ivory barrel ferrule.
Crack in middle section and ferrule. Mouthpiece missing.
Crack in bell glued.
Previous ownership: Christine Griggs, Daventry; from a Dutch family resident in South Africa where it was played. |