InstrumentClarinet |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerDominique Porthaux |
Place MadeParis; France; Western Europe; Europe |
Date MadeCirca 1780 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Eight pieces: mouthpiece two barrels (B♭, B♭), two upper sections (B♭/A), two middle sections for the fingers of the right hand (B♭/A), lower section with keys and integral bell. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Extendable L4 keys. No centre grooves in top rings. Throat A and speaker keys SATB. 5 keys.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮.
L2: T. L3: @I{T.
L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T.
R2: T.
R3: T.
R4: T. G♯₃/E♭₅.
Keyhead type: flat square
Keymount type: turned wooden rings and swelling.
The mouthpiece is contemporary, but not original.
Previous ownership: via Agnes Geroult, Paris. |
NotesH. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006. |
MeasurementsB_ 612, A 638 |
Provenancevia Agnes Geroult, Paris.; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006. |
CollectionSir Nicholas Shackleton Collection; MIMEd |
Accession Number5195 |