InstrumentClarinet |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerMahillon |
Place MadeBrussels; Belgium; Central Europe; Europe |
Date MadePost 1909 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Simple system combined with Boehm system. Two groups of keys for L4 and R4 are arranged to produce E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; F₃/C₅ with both little fingers to avoid gliding and enable rapid passages. (Bernard van Perck's patent of 1907): throat A key for continental and English fingering. C sharp mechanism. 17 keys, 2 rings.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮.
L2: T; throat A♭.
L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; F₃/C₅.
R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat G♯-A or C₆-D₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T + spectacle.
R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅.
R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars.
Keyhead type: modern.
Mouthpiece missing. |
NotesH. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006. |
Measurements611 |
ProvenanceLunden-Welden, Stockholm.; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006. |
CollectionSir Nicholas Shackleton Collection; MIMEd |
Accession Number4894 |