Basset horn. Nominal pitch: F.

Wood & Ivy

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Instrument

Basset horn/Clarinets/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Basset horn

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Wood & Ivy

Place Made

London ; Europe ; United Kingdom ; England

Date Made

Circa 1840

Description

Technical description: Dark stained boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork, crook and bell. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, crook, upper section, lower section, bell. Original blackwood mouthpiece grooved for cord. Lower tenon of barrel made of brass. Brass crook with a tuning slide. Long tailed English-style throat A♭. Tone-hole for L3 lined with ivory or horn. Keys mounted in blocks, saddles or pillars on saddles. Cross keys have round touchpieces. Wide ivory ferrule replaces thumb rest. Curved wide funnel shaped brass bell. 18 keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T; throat A♭. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R0: C₃; C♯₃; D₃; D♯₃. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T; cross B♮₃/F♯₅. R3: T; cross B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keyhead type: salt spoon. Keymount type: blocks, saddles, pillars on plates. Playing accessories: cord. Specific literature references: Sotheby's auction catalogue 4.12.91, lot 9. Illustration references: Sotheby's auction catalogue 4.12.91, lot 9 (illustration mis-numbered 8). Previous ownership: Tony Bingham, London; from Joan Wooward (found by her in an attic in Sussex).

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

1070.

Provenance

Tony Bingham, London; from Joan Woodward (found by her in an attic in Sussex). ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

MIMEd ; Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection

Accession Number

5060

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