DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood with ivory ferrules and silver keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Presumably original ebony mouthpiece, socket-type, with ligature, not grooved for cord. Throat A♭ with two touchpieces in order to be played with English-type fingering as well as Continental. Cross keys with round touchpieces. Additional cross B♮₃/F♯₅. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Shaped thumb rest. 13 keys, 3 silver rollers.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T.
L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T; B♮₃/F♯₅.
R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅.
R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keyhead type: flat round.
Keymount type: blocks, saddles, swelling.
Inscribed on barrel, both sections and bell "KEY / LONDON" / unicorn; on bell also " CHARING CROSS"; on keys with 1834 hallmark.
Playing accessories: ligature and reed.
Repair History: Original mouthpiece re-layed for modern length reed, cut on ivory ring. |