GB-Edinburgh, 5703
Museum/Collection
City:
Edinburgh
Repository:
University of Edinburgh
Collection:
Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments
Inventory Number:
GB-Edinburgh, 5703
Provenance:
ex- Allistair Kennedy collection, Glasgow.
Gift of Chales Kennedy.
Repository
MIMO record:
Measures
| TYPE | UNIT | VALUE |
|---|---|---|
| Standing height without bell | mm | 735 |
System
Müller-based German system
Keymount type:
screwed in pillars
Keyhead type:
Modern
Keys:
18
Plateau keys:
6
Fingering
| Notes | Finger | Key |
|---|---|---|
| - | LT | speaker keys |
| Bb | LT | key |
| A | L1 | key |
| G# | L2 | key |
| F# | LT | flap |
| E | L1 | plate |
| D | L2 | plate |
| C/G | L3 | key |
| C#/G# | L4 | key |
| F/B | R1 | key |
| Eb/Bb | R1 | Key (missing) |
| B/F# | R1 | key |
| Bb/F | R3 | key |
| A/E | R2 | plate |
| G/D | R3 | key |
| G#/D# | R4 | key |
| F#/C# | R4 | flap |
| F/C | L4 | flap |
| E/B | L4 | flap |
Inscription
FRANZ LOSSCHMIDT / (cursive) k. k. auschl. priv. Instrumenten Fabrikant / IN OLMÜTZ
Materials
| Items | Material |
|---|---|
| mouthpiece | silver-plated |
| body, crook, bell | brass |
| keys and clamps | nickel |
Description(s)
General usage of type: Military use, invented for military band.
The Edinburgh bass clarinet is very similar to the Munich example, although it is made in brass, has a silver-plated mouthpiece with a socket, and is missing its bell. It includes eighteen keys and six dished or depressed plateau keys, including two speaker keys. It has the six small rollers of the Munich example and adds one more on the touch of the E key next to the D touch for RT. There is a thumb rest on the dorsal side and a round tube on the left side used to support the instrument with L1. The instrument is engraved on the left tube on the front of the body “FRANZ LOSSCHMIDT/k k ausschl priv. Instrumenten Fabrickant/IN OLMÜTZ.”
Rice, From the clarinet d’amour to the contra bass, 320.
Bibliography
| Author | Title | Edition | Year | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice, Albert R. | From the Clarinet d'Amour to the Contra Bass | Oxford University Press | 2009 | 320 |
