DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood with silver plated german silver crook, bell, ferrules, and keywork. Four pieces: Mouthpiece, upper section with integral crook, lower section with integral upright bell. One additional crook with extra mouthpiece. 2 speaker keys both with chimney on crook. Plate for thumb. All tone-holes covered with plates. 2 rings for sling. Device for music card holder. Spike. 13 keys, 7 plates, 4 black rollers.
L0: Plate; speaker 1-2.
L1: Plate; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: Plate.
L3: Plate; cross E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: Plate; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅.
R2: Plate + spectacle.
R3: Plate + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅.
R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅.
Keyhead type: modern.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars.
Signature marks: Inscribed on bell "G.H. HÜLLER / Holzblasinstrumentenfabrik / Schöneck i./Vogtl. // 1939" / eagle carrying swastika / "38298".
Playing accessories: reed and ligature.
The mouthpiece is a replacement. Some pads are new, crack in upper section has been pinned and glued.
General usage of type: military band,
Specific literature references: Baines 1957, pp.130-1.
Illustration references: Baines 1957, Plate XIV.
Previous ownership: ex- Reginald Tritton collection; possibly from the German Luftwaffe. |