Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Rudall Carte & Co.

Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Rudall Carte & Co.

Place Made

London; Europe; England; United Kingdom

Date Made

1906

Description

Technical description: Rosewood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Named cocus wood mouthpiece marked for a ligature presumably original. Metal tuning-slide between barrel and upper tenon. Lower section socket strengthened with a wide german silver sleeve. Curved speaker, speaker hole at the front of the instrument, speaker liner projects into bore, tube in thumb-hole projects into bore. All tone-holes for the right hand covered with plates. Articulated C♯₄/G♯₅, F♯₅-G♯₅ trill for R1. Patent C sharp mechanism. 13 keys, no rings. L0: @I{T; speaker. L1: @I{T; throat A♮. L2: @I{T; throat A♭. L3: @I{T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: @I{C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: @I{plate + correspondence to C♯₄/G♯₅; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: @I{plate + vent. R3: @I{plate corresponding to vent (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: @I{G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

591, 663 with mouthpiece.

Provenance

ex- Dick Rose, U.S.A. Sold by makers 13 Nov 1908 to "Chas Morris Cambridge".; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

MIMEd; Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection

Accession Number

5082