DescriptionTechnical description: Dark varnished boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Straight speaker with correspondence to speaker hole at front. Brass chimney. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. L4 levers extendable. Integral wooden thumb rest. All keys mounted in blocks. 12 keys.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T.
L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; 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 round.
Keymount type: blocks, swelling.
Lower section swelling broken.
Mouthpiece missing.
The barrel is a replacement.
Previous ownership: Sotheby's auction 9.10.1981, lot 53. |