Clarinet with corps de rechange. Nominal pitch: B♭/A.

Jacques François Simiot

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Jacques François Simiot

Place Made

France ; Western Europe ; Europe

Date Made

Circa 1808

Description

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Eight pieces: mouthpiece, two barrels (A/B♭), two upper sections (A/B♭), two middle sections for the fingers of the right hand (A/B♭), lower section with keys with bell adjustable via tuning slide. Metal tuning slide in barrel. Speaker hole at the front of the instrument, interesting and ingenious way of acting. Double tone-holes for C♯₃/G♯₅. Throat A♭-side-key presumably for R1. Brass tube in thumb-hole. Adjustable levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. 7 keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: double T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; throat A♭. R2: T. R3: T; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: T. G♯₃/E♭₅. Keyhead type: flat square. Keymount type: pinned in wooden blocks, swelling. Mouthpiece missing. Set with (4698). Specific literature references: Young 1993, No 5; Rice 2003, p.63; Restle and Fricke 2004, p.97. Illustration references: Sadie 1980, vol. 4 p435 5(a); Sadie 1984, vol. 1 p.395 5(a); G.S. (1986) No 99; Restle and Fricke 2004, item 51. Previous ownership: Tony Bingham, London; from Alain Vian, Paris.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

(B♭) 603; (A) 631.

Provenance

Tony Bingham, London; from Alain Vian, Paris. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

MIMEd ; Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection

Accession Number

4697

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