DescriptionTechnical description: Rosewood with brass ferrules, crook, and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, and bell. Wide brass sleeves between upper and lower section, and between lower section and bell. Ebonite mouthpiece. Crook has a tuning slide. One straight speaker. Thumbhole undercut. C₄/G₅ operating an end pivoted key, also on R1. R1 tone-hole lined with brass. 14 keys, 2 plates, 6 brass rollers.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T; cross F₄/C₆.
L3: Plate; cross E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: Plate; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T.
R3: T; cross B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅.
R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keyhead type: shallow cups.
Keymount type: pillars and plates.
Playing accessories: Ligature, and reed.
The mouthpiece is a replacement.
Previous ownership: by exchange; from an auction in Bristol. |