Instrument
Clarinet/Clarinets/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Clarinet |
Instrument Family
Wind |
Maker
Hawkes & Son |
Place Made
London ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom |
Date Made
Circa 1915 |
Description
Technical description: Cocus wood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Curved speaker; speaker tone-hole at the front of the instrument, chimney. No tube in thumb-hole. Long tailed throat A♭ key. Patent C sharp. 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: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅.
Keymount type: screwed in pillars.
Keyhead type: modern cups.
With a broken long brown case lined with red plush. Also in case: a reed.
Mouthpiece and bell are missing. |
Notes
H. Fricke, Oct-Dec 2006. |
Measurements
575. |
Provenance
Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006. |
Collection
MIMEd ; Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection |
Accession Number
5557 |