DescriptionTechnical description: Cocus wood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Curved speaker with chimney on front of the instrument. Long tailed throat A♭ key. C sharp mechanism. Extravagant mouthpiece. 12 keys, 2 rings.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮.
L2: T; throat A♭.
L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T + spectacle.
R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: @I{G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅.
Keyhead type: modern.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars.
(5386) nd (5387) are cased in a black leather box. Also in box: two replacement mouthpieces, both stamped with lyre / "G. HOWARTH / MAKER / 73 YORK STREET / BRYANSTON SQR / LONDON". One cocus wood reed-cap with german silver ferrule. On lid "W H S".
Mouthpiece missing.
(5386) in B♭ and (5387) in A are a matched pair of clarinets. |