InstrumentClarinet |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerTournier and Goumas |
Place MadeWestern Europe; Europe; Paris; France |
Date MadeCirca 1857 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Boxwood with brass ferrules and keywork. Four pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, one-piece body and bell. Barrel and bell of lighter-coloured wood; mouthpiece of cocus. Speaker curved, chimney on the front of the instrument. Standard Boehm system. Ring holes have brass inserts.
L0: T + ring F₄/C♮₆; speaker.
L1: T + ring F♯₄; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T + E♭₄/ B♭₅ corresponding ring.
L3: T; cross E♭₄/ B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T + ring; E♭₄/ B♭₅ via correspondence; trills 1-2-3.
R2: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅; B♭ via correspondence.
R3: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅; B♭ via correspondence; cross B♮₃/F♯₅.
R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; E₃/B♮₄; F₃/C♮₅; F♯₃/C♯₅.
Keymount type: pillars.
Keyhead type: saltspoon.
Overall size: 634; 569 to top of barrel.
Bore: 15.2.
Stamped twice on body with lyre / "F. TOURNIER / & P. GOUMAS / A PARIS" in oval cartouche / monogram, possibly "TG"; no inscriptions on barrel or bell; stamped on mouthpiece "BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS" in oval cartouche.
Repair History: Body shortened. Tenon on barrel slips into body. Barrel and bell probably replacements; mouthpiece a replacement. Keywork well worn. Bell rim loose.
Usable pitch: With mouthpiece pulled out 7mm, plays at A₄ = c 454 Hz.
Performance characteristics: The body may have been shortened to raise the pitch of the instrument. |
NotesT.K. Dibley, August 1992; R. Neil, E. Planas, 1985; H. Fricke, July 2005. |
Measurements634; 569 to top of barrel. |
CollectionRendall Collection; MIMEd |
Accession Number0120 |