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

Jean-Jacques Baumann

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Instrument

Clarinet/Clarinets/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Jean-Jacques Baumann

Place Made

Paris ; Europe ; France ; Western Europe

Date Made

Circa 1825

Description

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Nine pieces: Mouthpiece, two barrels (B♭/A), two upper sections (B♭/A), two middle sections (B♭/A), one lower section, bell. Keys mounted in pillars on plates, L4 levers in a big brass block. R4 F₃/C₅ hinged from a support under top ivory ring of lower section. Cross keys for B₃/F♯₅ as well as B♭₃/F₅. Unique early enormous rollers under R4 and L4. Touchpieces on C♯₄/G♯₅ and B₃/F♯₅ are possibly later additions. R1 hole of the A clarinet angled up to equalize finger spacing. 13 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; B♮₃/F♯₅. R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keyhead type: salt spoon. Keymount type: pillars on plates, saddle. Corps-de-rechange instrument in original maple case, lined with brown cloth. Also in case: one blackwood mouthpiece grooved or cord, stamped "RAVER A BORDEAUX", one mouthpiece, marked for a ligature stamped "BUFFET / Crampon / A PARIS." The mouthpiece is a replacement. Specific literature references: Shackleton and Rice 1999, p.190. illustration references: Shackleton and Rice 1999, p.191 Fig. 3(a), p.192 Fig. 3(b), p.193 Fig. 3(c). Previous ownership: Tony Bingham; from France.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

(B♭) 608; (A) 637.

Provenance

Tony Bingham; from France. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

MIMEd ; Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection

Accession Number

4909

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