Clarinet in B-flat Clementi & Co. British ca. 1805 The composer and pianist Muzio Clementi (born Rome, Italy 23 January 1752, died Evesham/Worcestershire 10 March 1832) established in 1802 a piano manufacture in London. He also sold woodwind instruments (Waterhouse, NLI, 65). Overall size: 665Bore: c-hole ; f-hole part: description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Long-tenon English-style ebony mouthpiece grooved for cord.
Clarinet in B-flat Clementi & Co. British ca. 1805 The composer and pianist Muzio Clementi (born Rome, Italy 23 January 1752, died Evesham/Worcestershire 10 March 1832) established in 1802 a piano manufacture in London. He also sold woodwind instruments (Waterhouse, NLI, 65). Overall size: 665Bore: c-hole ; f-hole part: description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Long-tenon English-style ebony mouthpiece grooved for cord. Waisted English-style barrel. Rudiments of square wooden rings. Speaker liner projects almost to the centre of the bore. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Zig-zag F?3/C?5 lever guided in a rudiment of a square wooden ring. Bevelled G?3 : ? T; speaker. L1: ? T; throat A?. L2: ? T. L3: ? T. L4: ? E3/B?4; F?3/C?5. R1: ? T; trill key for throat A-B?. R2: ? T. R3: ? T. R4: ? T; G?3/E?5. Keyhead type: flat round. Keymount type: blocks and swelling. Inscribed on all pieces except for the unstamped mouthpiece "CLEMENTI & Co. / LONDON"(Heike Fricke, 2014) View more. Clarinet in B-flat. British. ca. 1805. Boxwood, ivory, brass. London, England, United Kingdom. Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
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