DescriptionTechnical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Some tone-holes lined with brass. Shaped G♯₃/E♭₅ touchpiece. Zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. Two cross keys in saddles seem to be later additions to original English-style 6-key. 8 keys.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮.
L2: T.
L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T; trill key for throat A-B♮.
R2: T; B♮₃/F♯₅.
R3: T.
R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keymount type: Turned wooden rings, swelling, saddles.
Keyhead type: flat square.
Playing accessories: Early reed-cap.
Repair History: Brass band replacing lower ivory ring of barrel. |