Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.

Miller

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Miller

Place Made

United Kingdom ; Europe ; London ; England

Date Made

Circa 1800

Description

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and silver keys. Six pieces: mouthpiece (blackwood, probably original), barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell . Mouthpiece with long tenon. Upper section: two keyrings of rectangular profile. Speaker liner projects into bore. Middle section with a wide swelling ivory ferrule; no thumb rest. Lower section: levers mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Keyring for E/B♮ parabolic. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; trill key for throat A-B♮. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks; swelling; SATK. Keyhead type: flat, square. Overall size: 710; 641 to top of barrel. Bore: at C₄ hole 13.9; at F₃ hole 14.2. Stamped "G. MILLER / No 79 / CORNHILL / LONDON" / unicorn trademark at bell and on barrel, upper section, middle section, and lower section "G. MILLER / LONDON" / unicorn trademark. Decorative features: Ornamented, bevelled keyheads. Repair History: Bell and bell ferrules cracked. Usable pitch: A₄ = c 435 Hz. Specific literature references: G.S. (1958) No. 27; G.S. (1968) No. 177; Young 1993, No. 8; Rice 2003 p.22. Illustration references: Vol. 1 p.90; G.S. (1968) Plate VII (4).

Notes

T.K. Dibley, 1992; R. Neil, 1985; H. Fricke, July 2005.

Measurements

710; 641 to top of barrel.

Provenance

Purchased in 1983 with assistance from the Government's Local Museums Purchase Fund and the University's General Council Trust.

Collection

Glen Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0131

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