InstrumentBass clarinet |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerBuffet-Crampon & Cie |
Place MadeParis; France; Western Europe; Europe |
Date MadeCirca 1880-1920 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood and german silver with chrome plated german silver ferrules and keywork. Four pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section and bell in one piece. Very ingenious compact design; crook bent in a circle and carrying the speaker keys and throat A and B♭ trill hole. Bell carries the three lowest tone-holes on the ascending tube. Automatic octave mechanism operating off R3; throat A key operates the same switch for throat B♭. Extension to E♭₃. Standard B-C mark on the wood below E♭₃ touchpiece. 18 keys, 7 covered tone-holes.
L0: Plate F₄/C♮₆; speaker.
L1: Plate F♯₄; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: Plate E♭₄/B♭₅ correspondence.
L3: Plate; cross E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: Plate B♭₃/F♮₅ via correspondence; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side F♯₄/C♯₆; trills 1-2.
R2: Plate B♮₃/F♯₅ via correspondence.
R3: Plate B♮₃/F♯₅ via correspondence; cross B♮₃/F♯₅.
R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; E₃/B♮₄; F₃/C♮₅; F♯₃/C♯₅; E♭₃.
Keyhead type: modern.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars.
Playing accessories: reed, ligature, reed-cap. Also in case: another mouthpiece.
With original case that was relined by a previous owner so that the instrument barely fits.
The mouthpiece is a replacement.
Previous ownership: purchased via eBay. |
NotesH. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006. |
Measurementscirca 820 with mouthpiece. |
Provenancepurchased via eBay.; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006. |
CollectionSir Nicholas Shackleton Collection; MIMEd |
Accession Number5205 |