DescriptionTechnical description: Boxwood with ivory and horn ferrules and brass keywork. Seven pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, ivory knee, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys and book, brass bell. Originally with 8 keys, 5 added keys.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T; cross F₄/C₆.
L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R0: D₃; C₃.
R1: T; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T. R3: @I{T.
R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keyhead type: flat square
Keymount type: turned wooden rings; saddles on plates screwed in wood for the original keys, added keys between screwed in pillars.
Crack in middle section.
Mouthpiece and barrel missing.
5 keys added in saddles (L1 throat A♭; L2 cross F₄/C₆; L3 cross E♭₄/B♭₅; L4 C♯₄/G♯₅; R1 side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C). The upper section, with black varnish, possibly did not originally belong with the rest of the instrument.
Specific literature refernces: Young 1993, No 2.
Illustration references: G.S. (1986) no 103. |