Clarinet d'Amore. Nominal pitch: F.

Technical description: Stained boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, bell. Mouthpiece: socket type. Table extends to ferrule, made for ligature. Brass crook with tenon, curved through c30° with flange to each tenon. Upper section straight, no definite socket but seems bell-mouthed to accept crook. Two keys (side F/C and side throatA♭) mounted in saddles. Straight speaker; speaker liner projects c3mm into bore). Lower section straight, with ring for sling at rear. Wide ivory ferrule, no thumbrest. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Lower section has pillar for a sling ring. Bell pear-shaped (Liebesfus*s), maximum width c885. Ferrules half-round on lower section and bell, simple on upper section. Keys, of normal pattern but larger, zig-zag shanks to trill and long C♯ keys, long-tailed straight key for E♭. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; A♮. L2: T; A♭. L3: T; E♭/B♭. L4: C♯/G♯; E/B♮ bascule; F♯/C♯. R1: T; A♮/B♮ trill; F/C♮. R2: T; B♮/F♯, R3: T. R4: G♯/E♭; F/C♮ bascule. Keymount type: blocks, saddles; swelling. Keyhead type: flat, square. Repair History: The instrument has apparently been shortened. The long keys for L4 now overlap the cross G♯ making the latter almost impossible to play. There is a join in the metal of the crook below the rim against which the (socket type) mouthpiece butts; the joint is covered by a brass sleeve. It is possible that a short length was cut from the top of the crook and both sleeve and tenon resoldered in a new position. The wood at the shoulder of the bottom is noticeably clean and its edge sharp, suggesting shortening.