422.211.2 (single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes

Alto clarinet in E flat. Lacquered boxwood with nickel silver-plated plaque, crook, ferrules, ligature and keywork. Keys have leather pads. Simple system fingering with F-sharp rings on upper joint. Five pieces including mouthpiece. Double curved crook. Bell points downwards. Ebonite sections at the top of the upper and lower joints are later additions, possibly to lower the pitch of the instrument. Mouthpiece stamped: S.QUILTER/LONDON; with a flower emblem above. Upper joint stamped: Hy. DISTIN & Co./LONDON; Lower joint stamped: MANUFACTURED/BY/BUFFET/Crampon & Cie/A. PARIS/FOR/Hy. DISTIN & Co./9 & 10 NEWPORT STREET/LONDON

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MUSEUM NUMBER
2004.1060
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 820 x 88 x 88 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
boxwood; copper alloy; nickel silver-plating; steel; leather; string; cork; ebonite
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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