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. Barrel highly waisted, with two ivory ferrules. Upper section: Straight speaker, speaker liner projects almost into the centre of bore. Middle section: wide ivory ferrule instead of thumb|rest. Lower section: Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Bell discontinuous with an ivory rim. All keys with leaf springs. L0: @I{T; speaker. L1: @I{T; throat|A♮. L2: @I{T. L3: @I{T. L4: @I{E₃/B♮₄; zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: @I{T; trill key for throat|A-B♮. R2: @I{T. R3: @I{T. R4: @I{T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks and swelling, Keyhead type: flat square Repair History: Considering the fact that the bell is unstamped and obviously cleaned from an older stain it may not be original, because it seems to have cracked by pushing a tenon which was to big into the socket. |