422.211.2 (single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes

Clarinet in B flat, low pitch. Model number 107. African blackwood (grenadilla) with nickel silver plated ferrules, tenon sleeves and keywork. Keys have leather pads. Simple system fingering. Register key cup on front of upper joint. Three pieces excluding mouthpiece, which is missing. Integral barrel. Cork lapped tenons. Hole through lower tenon on upper joint which lines up with first tone hole of lower joint. Lower joint has an added extension. Upper joint stamped: TRADEMARK/BOOSEY/L.R/BOOSEY & Co. Ltd/MAKERS/LONDON/27148; Lower joint stamped: BOOSEY & Co. Ltd; with serial number 27148 stamped on reverse of upper ferrule. Bell stamped: BOOSEY & Co. Ltd/LONDON/27148/Guarenteed/British Made

Transcription of workshop order book production information: Date given out: 19th Aug. 1927; Date received: 26th Aug. 1927; No. of instrument: 27148; Description: A clarinet I.P. long tenor B/wd C sharp; Model: 107; Charged to Regent Street: 8th Sep. 1929; Keys polished: 26th Aug. 1927; Workman's name: Day; Remarks and Cost: D.J.B

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2004.1084
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall extant length: 600 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
grenadilla; copper alloy; nickel silver-plating; steel; leather; cork
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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