DescriptionTechnical description: blackwood with german silver or nickel keywork and brass bell. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, upturned bell. Mouthpiece: steel ebonite with a long table, brass ligature and reed-cap. Metal crook. Upper section: Automatic lower speaker/ B♭ key operated by ring IV and A key. Two speaker liner object almost into the centre of bore. Joint slightly bulbous on top to fit the crook. Device for a music card holder. Lower section: shaped thumb rest is a later addition. Sling-ring.
L0: Plate F₄/C♮₆; speaker.
L1: T + ring F♯₄; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T + E♭₄/ B♭₅ corresponding ring.
L3: T; cross E♭₄/ B♭₅.
L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅.
R1: T + ring; B♭ via correspondence; trills 1-2-3.
R2: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅; B♭ via correspondence.
R3: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅; B♭ via correspondence; cross B♮₃/F♯₅.
R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; E₃/B♮₄; F₃/C♮₅; F♯₃/C♯₅.
Keymount type: pillars.
Keyhead type: modern.
Overall size: 830, 770 to top of barrel.
Bore: at C₄ hole 17.1; at F₃ hole 17.1.
Stamped on upper and lower section and on bell with lyre / "H. BETTONEY" / initials / "BOSTON" in an oval cartouche / "USA". Mouthpiece stamped "STEEL EBONITE / REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE" and below "THE WOODWIND CO. / NEW YORK". Ligature engraved: "BREVETE S.G.D.G." in an oval cartouche (i.e., breveté sans garantie du gouvernement = patented, but not under government guarantee); below "FRANCE / PENZEL MUELLER / NEW YORK - PARIS"; reed cap "FRANCE". Crook unstamped.
With silver coloured reed cap. With woven lacquered covered case, fitted, with reeds and cleaning wand.
Specific literature references: Phillips Auction Catalogue 5.8.82, lot 87. |