Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.
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InstrumentClarinet |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerHeidegger |
Date MadeCirca 1900-1930 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Boxwood with horn ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Extendable levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Integral wooden thumb rest and bell rim. 20th-century copy. 6 keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T. G♯₃/E♭₅. Keyhead type: flat round. Keymount type: turned wooden rings, swelling. Bell cracked. Mouthpiece and barrel missing. Bell presumably a replacement. Previous ownership: ex- Gerhard Stradner collection, Vienna. |
NotesH. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006. |
Measurements564 to top of upper tenon. |
Provenanceex- Gerhard Stradner collection, Vienna. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006. |
CollectionSir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd |
Accession Number5263 |