Basset clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.
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InstrumentBasset clarinet |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerF. Arthur Uebel |
Date Made1936-1949 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Keywork of later added extension silver plated. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Plastic Zinner mouthpiece. Vent hole in bell. Average Boehm system with 17 keys plus 4 basset keys, 6 rings, 5 black rollers on R0 keys. 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. R0: E♭₃; D₃; C♯₃, C₃. 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. Playing accessories: reed, german silver ligature, silver plated reed-cap. With one case in B♭ clarinet (5465). Basset extension is a later addition. A pair with B♭ clarinet (5465), sharing one mouthpiece. |
NotesH. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006. |
Measurements770 |
ProvenanceBequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006. |
CollectionSir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd |
Accession Number5392 |