422.211.2

Clarinet in B-flat. Dalbergia melanoxylon (African blackwood, grenadilla). Nickel silver-plated ferrules and keys. Ring keys bushed with ebonite. Boehm-Gomez system fingering with low E-flat key and five trill/palm keys. Four joints: mouthpiece, barrel, body joint and bell. Mouthpiece tenon string lapped, body joint tenons lapped with cork and string with nickel silver-plated rings at far ends. Barrel is stamped: BOOSEY & Co./17543; Body joint is stamped: TRADEMARK/BOOSEY/BOOSEY & Co./MAKERS/LONDON/17543; with historic trumpet and banner emblem. Bell is stamped: BOOSEY & Co./LONDON/17543

This clarinet was made for Manuel Gomez, clarinettist at Covent Garden and the London Symphony Orchestra and professor at the Guildhall School of Music. The extra keys on the clarinet enabled Gomez to play B flat and A clarinet parts with one instrument. Boosey & Co. marketed a production model of this instrument.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2004.849
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall length: 690 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
African blackwood; copper alloy; German silver; plating; steel; fish skin; cork; string; ebonite
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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