COLLECTION NAME:
MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh)
Record
Work Record ID:
0033096
Licence:
ID Number:
1155
Title:
Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Title Notes:
6-key English.
Creator:
Lawson
Date:
Circa 1794
Description:
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and hallmarked silver keys. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell.Mouthpiece of black wood, long tenon and short table; grooved for cord.Barrel slightly flask-shaped with two ivory ferrules.Upper section: Key-rings of rectangular section, both ornamented with a groove. Speaker liner projects almost to the centre of bore.Middle section: Bulbous ferrule on top, half ivory, half wood, precursor of a thumb|rest.Lower section: Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in an early bulb-shaped swelling. Round ring for the bascule key ornamented with a thin groove. Bevelled key-heads. Bell almost continuous. L0: @I{T; speaker. L1: @I{T; throat|A♮. L2: @I{T. L3: @I{T. L4: @I{E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: @I{T; side trill key for throat|A-B♮. R2: @I{T. R3: @I{T. R4: @I{T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: turned rings; blocks; swelling; leaf springs; SATK. Keyhead type: flat square.
Work Type:
Musical Instrument
Work Type:
Wind
Work Type:
Clarinets
Work Type:
Clarinet
Measurement:
659; 601 to top of barrel.
Measurement:
at|C₄|hole|13.9; at|F₃|hole|14.0.
Production Place:
London
Production Place:
Europe
Production Place:
England
Production Place:
United Kingdom
Repository:
MIMEd
Repository:
C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection
Style or Period:
1780s
Style or Period:
1790s
Style or Period:
18th century
Repro Link ID:
0033096c-0002
Repro File Type:
Derivative JPEG
Repro Title:
Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭ (Lawson) : TOP
Repro Creator Name:
Dominic Ibbotson
Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
Repro Publication Status:
Full public access
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