Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A/B♭.
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InstrumentClarinet |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerStengel |
Place MadeCentral Europe ; Germany ; Europe |
Date MadeCirca 1825 |
DescriptionTechnical description: 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. Barrel: English type, waisted, bored for long-tenon mouthpiece, not fitting to the upper section. Upper section: two key rings of rectangular section, ring of A♮ key recessed for its touch; speaker straight, metal liner projecting c 2mm into bore. Cross keys for E♭₄/B♭₅ and C♯₄/G♯₅ in saddles are probably later additions. Middle section: cross key for B♭₃/F♮₅ is probably a later addition. Wide ivory ring; thumb rest ivory, small, countersunk, may be a later addition. Lower section: swelling of little-finger keys fusiform. Tenon of the middle section 0.5mm shorter than the socket of the lower section. Bell widely flared with ivory rim and unusual grooved ferrule. Bell socket is too small for the lower section. Ferrules ivory, half-round with central groove on bell, tapered with rim on lower section, half-round on middle section, tapered and bulbous on barrel; slots of rings and blocks lined with brass. The stamped "A" on the upper section and "B" on the lower section may indicate a mis-match of parts or an instrument where the two upper parts could be changed to alter the pitch of the instrument. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: cross C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T; cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keyhead type: round flat. Keymount type: turned wooden rings with pivot wires, saddles, swelling, leaf springs. Cracked barrel and bell; part of thumb rest broken away; mouthpiece missing. Rim of bell cracked and repaired with a wire rivet. Top upper section tenon has been counter-bored and a brass tube and/or a new tenon inserted: this is abnormally long and is too long to fit the barrel. However, the barrel itself is probably an early English replacement: it is out of keeping with a German instrument. The alteration to the upper section may have been part of a shortening so that an A section could match a B♭ instrument. Specific literature references: Puttick and Simpson's auction catalogue 25 April 1946, lot 102; Rendall 1954, p.90; G.S. (1968) No. 158; Young 1993, No. 5. Illustration references: Dullat 2001, p.223. Previous ownership: ex- Nettlefold Collection. (Rendall Collection). |
NotesT.K. Dibley, 1992; R. Neil, 1986; H. Fricke, July 2005. |
Measurements582 to top of barrel; 548 top tenon of upper section; bell rim overall 86.5. |
Provenanceex- Nettlefold Collection. |
CollectionRendall Collection ; MIMEd |
Accession Number0106 |