Clarinet

Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B flat. Striated boxwood with ivory ferrules to bell, German silver ferrule at middle joint (probably not original) and keywork of brass (original) and German silver (later). Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, left hand joint, right hand joint integral with lower joint, bell. An altered instrument, having some fifteen keys of various designs. Original keys of brass, flat, square, mounted in turned blocks and four saddles. Two later keys, round and stuffed, of German silver. German silver saddle of G sharp key a substitution. G sharp/D sharp on rod axle and pillar mounts (of German silver) a later addition. Spectacle (ring) key for B/F sharp a later addition. Finger hole four and five and thumb hole bushed. Thumb rest a later addiion. Barrel and mouthpiece not original. Stamped: Garrett No.1 Perkins Rents Westminster, London (Triple plume mark).