Clarinet. Nominal pitch: said to be high F.

I.T. Uhlmann

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

I.T. Uhlmann

Date Made

Early 19th Century

Description

Technical description: Boxwood, painted or stained dark brown (except bell); horn ferrules (except barrel, which has ribbed german silver ferrules); keys brass. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Mouthpiece: grooved for cord, with long table. Barrel: may be same wood as other parts but possibly cocus; ferrules ill-fitting, probably not original. Upper section: speaker liner projects into bore, also above flat seating for pad. Three keys (throat A♭, E♭₄/B♭₅, C♯₄/G♯₅) mounted in pillars with saltspoon keyheads. All keys, except throat A, lined with brass. Middle section: brass thumb rest is probably a later addition and not professionally made. Lower section: keys for L4 have broad, flat shanks above their pivots. Keys: 5 with flat square heads, in blocks, 3 saltspoon in pillars; little-finger keys and tone-hole in fusiform swelling. F-hole for R4 lined with brass. Bell: short and widely-flaring; lighter than other parts but fits well. Bell is perhaps the only part of this clarinet which was originally made by Uhlmann. 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. R2: T. R3: T. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: 3 in pillars, others block or swelling. Keyhead type: 5 flat, square; 3 saltspoon. Stamped on bell only with double eagle holding swords / "I.T. UHLMANN / WIEN" / six-pointed star. Repair History: The three saltspoon keys appear to be a later addition. It is hard to say whether the whole barrel has been replaced or only its ferrules. The bell has probably been cleaned rather drastically.

Notes

T.K. Dibley, August 1991, August 1992; H. Fricke, July 2005.

Measurements

456; 403 to top of barrel.

Provenance

Purchased by H.I. Brackenbury in Vienna, 1928, for £0/6/0. ; Government allocation to the University, 1991.

Collection

C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0972

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