Clarinet in C

Hermann Wrede, who was obviously of German origin, was listed as "Mus. Wind Inst. Mkr." from 1811 and from 1837 also as "Mus. Wind Inst. & Pfte. & Importer". The firm had the address at 15th St John’s square, Clerkenwell, between 1814 and 1829. (Waterhouse, NLI, 436)

Overall size: 585
Bore: c-hole 13.4; f-hole 13.4
Conical part: 110

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Long tenon ebony mouthpiece grooved for cord. English-style flask shaped barrel. Square wooden rings strengthened with pins. Speaker liner projects almost to the centre of the bore. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Zig-zag F♯3/C♯5 lever guided in a rudiment of a square wooden ring. Bevelled G♯3/E♭5 touchpiece.

L0:   T; speaker.
L1:   T; throat A♮.
L2:   T.
L3:   T.
L4:   E3/B♮4; F♯3/C♯5.
R1:   T.
R2:   T.
R3:   T.
R4:   T; G♯3/E♭5.

Keyhead type: flat square.
Keymount type: Turned wooden rings, swelling.
Inscribed on all pieces except for unstamped mouthpiece "H. WREDE / LONDON"; on bell unicorn head / H. WREDE / 15 / ST JOHNS . SQUARE / CLERKENWELL / LONDON / C"
(Heike Fricke, 2014)