US-NY-New York, 89.4.2459
Museum/Collection
City:
New York
Repository:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - MET
Inventory Number:
US-NY-New York, 89.4.2459
Provenance:
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Repository
Measures
| Type | Unit | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Length (bell to bend at base) | mm | ca. 853 |
| Diameter of bell | mm | ca. 335 |
| Length of tube | mm | ca. 1925 |
| Mouthpiece | mm | 92 |
| Crook | mm | ca. 300 |
| Tube length left side of tube (bell end to bottom of bend) | mm | ca. 660 |
| Tube length right side of tube | mm | 650 |
| Bell (total pipe length) | mm | 210 |
System
Müller-based German system
Keymount type:
screwed in pillars
Keyhead type:
Modern
Keys:
17
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 |
| 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
(below bell joint) No. 8/FR LOSSCHMIDT/k.k. ausch. pr. Instrumenten/Fabrikant/im Olmütz
Materials
| Items | Material |
|---|---|
| Mouthpiece | Exotic brown wood |
| Crook, Ferrules | Brass |
| Body, Bell | Nickel silver |
| Keys and Clamps | Nickel |
Description(s)
The New York bass clarinet is practically identical to the Nuremberg example. The position of its keys appears the same, although the shape of the touches is dif- ferent; there are two thin rollers on the A /E and F /C touches, and it has an upward-pointing bell.
© Rice, From the clarinet d’amour to the contra bass, 319.
Bibliography
| Author | Title | Edition | Year | Vol. & Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Europe. | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York | 1904 | vol. I, 136 |
| Rice, Albert R. | From the Clarinet d'Amour to the Contra Bass | Oxford University Press | 2009 | 319 |
