Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭/A.
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InstrumentClarinet |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerSchemmel |
Place MadeVienna ; Austria ; Central Europe ; Europe |
Date MadeCirca 1830 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Boxwood with horn ferrules and brass keywork. Eight pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, two upper sections (B♭, A), two middle sections (B♭, A) for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Unstamped blackwood mouthpiece grooved for cord appears to be a copy. Turned guide lines in upper rings. Extendable levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Bevelled G♯₃/E♭₅. Bell with a very wide typical Viennese integral wooden bell rim. 5 keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T. G♯₃/E♭₅. Keyhead type: flat square. Keymount type: turned wooden rings, swelling. Playing accessories: reed, cord, plastic reed-cap. Appears to be a pair with (5265). Previous ownership: ex- Gerhard Stradner collection, Vienna. |
NotesH. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006. |
MeasurementsB_ 654, A 681 with mouthpiece. |
Provenanceex- Gerhard Stradner collection, Vienna. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006. |
CollectionSir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd |
Accession Number5264 |