Clarinet. Nominal pitch: in C.

John Hudson

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

John Hudson

Place Made

United Kingdom ; London ; England ; Europe

Date Made

(1855)

Description

Technical description: Rosewood, with german silver ferrules. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Mouthpiece grooved for cord, table full-length, for a broad reed (14mm wide at tip). Barrel squat. Upper and lower section: no keys, but six finger-holes and thumb-hole. Bell discontinuous with a german silver rim. Workmanship similar that of clarinet (84) though it lacks the key-swelling of that instrument. On stand with other demonstration instruments: 13-key clarinet in C (84), piccolos (6) and (7), flutes (40) and (756), demonstration pipe (489). Specific usage history: Together with associated instruments, used as a teaching aid in the Music Faculty of Edinburgh Univesity; demonstration instrument to be compared with 13-key clarinet in C (84).

Other Information

Specific usage history: Together with associated instruments, used as a teaching aid in the Music Faculty of Edinburgh University; demonstration instrument to be compared with 13-key clarinet in C (84).

Notes

T.K. Dibley, 1991, 1992; H. Fricke, July 2005.

Measurements

600; 529 to top of barrel.

Provenance

purchased by Professor John Donaldson for the Music Classroom, University of Edinburgh, from Wood & Co, Edinburgh, 16 Jan 1856 for £2/2/-.

Collection

Reid Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0083

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