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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.

Technical description: Cocus wood with continental silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Original cocus mouthpiece, not grooved for cord, long table (37.3mm; aperture 31.9mm). Long slender bulbous barrel with two silver ferrules. Upper section: speaker liner at the front of the instrument, chimney. Wood under speaker key had been recessed to fit the key. Additional side trill for throatA-B? and B?-B?. Interesting ebonite rollers on cross keys and L4/R4 keys. Wood under L3/R3 cross keys had been recessed and lined with cork to fit the keys. Additional side key for E??/B??. Lower section: Patent Csharp; thumbrest shaped. Leaf springs and needle springs. Bell continuous. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA?. L2: T; throatA?. L3: T; cross E??/B??. L4: C??/G??; E?/B??; F??/C??. R1: T; alternative side E??/B??; side F?/C?; two side trill keys for throatA-B?-B? and B?-C-B?. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B??/F??); cross B??/F?? . R4: G??/E??; F?/C?. Keymount type: pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Repair History: Tone-hole of upper trill key for R1 re-bored higher up instrument and old tone-hole plugged; new tone-hole has plastic insert to form seat. This appears to have been done when the extra trill key for throat B? was added(?)Technical description: Cocus wood with continental silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Original cocus mouthpiece, not grooved for cord, long table (37.3mm; aperture 31.9mm). Long slender bulbous barrel with two silver ferrules. Upper section: speaker liner at the front of the instrument, chimney. Wood under speaker key had been recessed to fit the key. Additional side trill for throatA-B♭ and B♭-B♮. Interesting ebonite rollers on cross keys and L4/R4 keys. Wood under L3/R3 cross keys had been recessed and lined with cork to fit the keys. Additional side key for E♭₄/B♭₅. Lower section: Patent Csharp; thumbrest shaped. Leaf springs and needle springs. Bell continuous. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA♮. L2: T; throatA♭. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; alternative side E♭₄/B♭₅; side F₄/C₆; two side trill keys for throatA-B♮-B♭ and B♭-C-B♮. 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: pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Repair History: Tone-hole of upper trill key for R1 re-bored higher up instrument and old tone-hole plugged; new tone-hole has plastic insert to form seat. This appears to have been done when the extra trill key for throat B♭ was added(?)

  • Measurements:685; 617 to top of barrel.