DescriptionTechnical description: Rosewood; 3 sections; german silver key; 4 german silver ferrules; oval embouchure-hole.
Keymount type: ring.
Keyhead type: saltspoon.
Stamped "TRADE MARK / B.S." within triangle and beater, "DULCET / B / IMPROVED / LONDON".
Overall size: 383 mm
Sounding length: embouchure to foot, 328 mm
Bore: conical
Performance characteristics: Range D⁴ - A⁶ (sounding B♭⁴ - F⁷). Plays well throughout range, except G♯⁶ (sounding E⁷); left hand notes sharp in relation to right hand notes.
Usable pitch: Sounding A⁴ c 455 Hz; possibly intended to play at British Army Regulation pitch (1878), A⁴ 451.9 Hz. |