DescriptionTechnical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel (ebonite), upper section, lower section, bell. Attempt to separate throat B♭ and speaker keys, intended to produce a clear throat B♭ and B₄ and a true E₃: Speaker opens lower vent, thumb ring closes lower vent and opens upper vent. E♭₃. Adjusting screw on correspondence. Very long throat A♭ lever for a British player. L4 E₃/B₄ and F♯₃/C♯₅ keys on same pivot. 19 keys and 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 1-2-3.
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; E♭₃.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars.
Keyhead type: modern.
Mouthpiece missing. |