Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Key

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Instrument

Clarinet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Key

Place Made

Europe ; England ; London ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Circa 1830

Description

Technical 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. Highly waisted barrel for a mouthpiece with a long tenon. 11 keys in blocks, 2 keys in saddles (cross B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅). Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. 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; cross B♮₃/F♯₅. R3: T; cross B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keyhead type: flat square. Keymount type: blocks, swelling, saddles. Inscribed on barrel, upper and lower section " KEY / LONDON" / unicorn head; on bell "KEY / LONDON" / unicorn head / "CHARING CROSS". Ivory ferrule on barrel (cursive) "Frederick Chaffe" [not clearly legible]. Playing accessories: Reed and cord. Repair History: Top section cracked, pinned with brass. The mouthpiece is a replacement.

Notes

H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006.

Measurements

595, 661 with mouthpiece.

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

4889

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