DescriptionTechnical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Unmarked rosewood mouthpiece. Curved barrel. R2 and R3 are rings operating covers above and below finger positions. Brass tube in thumb-hole. Angled tone-holes for L1, L3, R1. Guides for L4 levers like those of Simiot (Piatet's teacher). 13 keys, 2 rings.
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 + ring.
R3: T + ring; cross B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅.
R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keyhead type: shallow cups.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars.
Playing accessories: ligature.
Curved barrel with pinned crack.
Previous ownership: Tony Bingham, London. |