Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Johann Joseph Ziegler
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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Johann Joseph Ziegler

Place Made

Europe; Austria; Vienna; Central Europe

Date Made

Circa 1840

Description

Technical description: Cocus wood with silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Mouthpiece with silver lay. Delicate keywork. Shaped levers for L4, F₃/C₅ tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. All other keywork in pillars on plates. Alternative G♯₃/E♭₅ for L4. Horn thumb rest. Bevelled shallow cups. 13 keys. 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; G♯₃/E♭₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T. R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: pillars on plates, swelling. Keyhead type: shallow cup. Condition: Bell rim missing. Previous ownership: Winfried Schmitz (dealer), June 1988. Inscribed on lower section " I.ZIEGLER / WIEN " (very faint).

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

564, 625 with mouthpiece.

Provenance

Winfried Schmitz (dealer), June 1988.; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection; MIMEd

Accession Number

4850

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