DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and nickel plated german silver keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Stubbins key mechanism is an additional vent for throat B♭ opened by the speaker key to give an in-tune throat B♭, closed by the thumb ring if used to overblow. Normal Boehm system. 17 keys, 6 rings.
L0: T + ring F₄/C♮₆; speaker.
L1: T + ring F♯₄; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T + E♭₄/ B♭₅ corresponding ring.
L3: T; cross E♭₄/ B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; G♯₃/E♭₅.
R1: T + ring B♭₃/F♮₅ via correspondence; side E♭₄/ B♭₅; side F♯₄/C♯₆; trills 1-2.
R2: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅ via correspondence.
R3: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅ via correspondence; cross B♮₃/F♯₅.
R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; E₃/B♮₄; F₃/C♮₅; F♯₃/C♯₅.
Keyhead type: modern.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars.
Mouthpiece missing.
Current ownership: Gift of Nophachai Cholthichanta to the Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection, 2007. |