Clarinet. Nominal pitch: E♭.

Boosey & Co

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Boosey & Co

Place Made

United Kingdom ; Europe ; England ; London

Date Made

Post 1864

Description

Technical description: Rosewood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Later ebonite Boosey & Hawkes mouthpiece. Curved speaker with chimney on front of the instrument. Long tailed British A♭ key. End pivoted F₃/C₅ key. 12 keys, 2 rings. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T; throat A♭. L3: T; cross 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 + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Playing accessories: metal ligature and reed-cap. In black wooden box, lined with green felt.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006; IN corrected by AM, 28.12.06.

Measurements

410, 472 with mouthpiece.

Provenance

purchased at auction, London. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

4822