Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.

Boosey & Co

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Boosey & Co

Place Made

London ; England ; United Kingdom ; Europe

Date Made

February 1904 - 1912, probably 1908

Description

Technical description: Cocus wood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Four pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, one-piece body, bell. Barrel with a german silver tuning slide. Long tailed British throat A♭ key. All tone-holes under rings lined with ebonite. Small L1 tone-hole. Articulated side E♭₄/B♭₅ opened by R1, closed by L3, allows a C₄-E♭₄ or G₅-B♭₅ trill. All tenon socket connections lined with german silver. Integral wooden bell rim. 17 keys, 7 rings. L0: T + ring F₄/C♮₆; speaker. L1: T + ring F♯₄; throat A♮. L2: T + E♭₄/B♭₅ corresponding ring; throat A♭. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. 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. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. (4780) and (5481) are cased in a brown leather case with violet velvet; with legend "RUDALL, CARTE & Co. / 23 berners Street / LONDON." Named ebonite mouthpiece not original. (4780) in B♭ and (5481) in A are a matched pair of clarinets. Repair History: Named ebonite mouthpiece not original.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

619, 679 with mouthpiece.

Provenance

Sotheby's (`first sale') April 1982. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

5481

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