Clarinet, nominal pitch: B♭

Lawson

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Instrument

Clarinet/Clarinets/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Lawson

Place Made

London ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Circa 1794

Description

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and hallmarked silver keys. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Mouthpiece of black wood, long tenon and short table; grooved for cord. Barrel slightly flask-shaped with two ivory ferrules. Upper section: Key-rings of rectangular section, both ornamented with a groove. Speaker liner projects almost to the centre of bore. Middle section: Bulbous ferrule on top, half ivory, half wood, precursor of a thumb rest. Lower section: Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in an early bulb-shaped swelling. Round ring for the bascule key ornamented with a thin groove. Bevelled key-heads. Bell almost continuous. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side trill key for throat A-B♮. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keyhead type: flat square. Keymount type: turned rings; blocks; swelling; leaf springs; SATK. Signature marks: Stamped "B / LAWSON / LONDON". Mouthpiece stamped on reed side, "METZLER / LONDON". Playing accessories: The reed associated with this instrument has a thick tip and is possibly contemporary. Specific literature references: Baines 1957, p.300. Illustration references: Vol. 1, p.90; Campbell et al. 2004, p.93 Figure 3.9a. Previous ownership: Purchased by H.I. Brackenbury from Benson, Bedford, for £1/0/0. Current ownership: Government allocation to the University 1991. (C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection).

Notes

T.K. Dibley, 1992; R. Neil, 1986; H. Fricke, July 2005.

Measurements

659; 601 to top of barrel.

Provenance

Purchased by H.I. Brackenbury from Benson, Bedford, for £1/0/0. ; Government allocation to the University, 1991.

Collection

MIMEd ; C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection

Accession Number

1155

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