UEDIN · UEDIN:2358
`Chalumeau'. Nominal pitch: High C.
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Description
Technical description: Pear-wood, stained brown, with german silver keys. One-piece body with ebonite mouthpiece for a German B? clarinet. Ligature optional, the mouthpiece is also grooved for cord. Thumb-rest. The construction resembles that of a descant recorder. No speaker key; the upper register is produced by `thumb-nailing' the thumb-hole. Comparable in sounding length to a clarinet in high G, but designated `in C' because it is designed to play primarily in its bottom register. L0: T. L1: T; straight F?. L2: T. L3: T. R1: T. R2: T. R3: TT. R4: TT. Keymount type: pillars. Keyhead type: modern.
Inscriptions
Stamped on front with a woodpecker; on back "GERMANY / HOPF".
Measurements
351; 281 to top of body.