Piccolo Clarinet in A-flat
10-key Müller type that has been shortened. Impossible to determine if it was originally an Ab or a G clarinet.
Overall size: 347
Technical description: Boxwood with German silver ferrules and keywork. Four pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, one-piece-body and bell. Unstamped blackwood mouthpiece grooved for cord. Very short bell, now not separable from body. Speaker liner projects ca. 4 mm into bore. Straight thumb rest. Wood recessed under C♯4/G♯5 lever. Metal saddle as guidance for F♯3/C♯5. Touchpiece for F3/C5 mounted directly on the keyhead.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T.
L3: T.
L4: C♯4/G♯5; E3/B♮4; F♯3/C♯5.
R1: T; side E♭4/B♭5.
R2: T.
R3: T; side B♮3/F♯5.
R4: F3/C5; G♯3/E♭5.
Keyhead type: modern.
Keymount type: screwed-in pillars with push pins.
Inscribed on body with flower / "BREVETÉ" / crown / STENGEL / BAYREUTH / flower / (intertwined initials) JS"
Playing accessories: a reed and cord.
(Heike Fricke, 2014)
Overall size: 347
Technical description: Boxwood with German silver ferrules and keywork. Four pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, one-piece-body and bell. Unstamped blackwood mouthpiece grooved for cord. Very short bell, now not separable from body. Speaker liner projects ca. 4 mm into bore. Straight thumb rest. Wood recessed under C♯4/G♯5 lever. Metal saddle as guidance for F♯3/C♯5. Touchpiece for F3/C5 mounted directly on the keyhead.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T.
L3: T.
L4: C♯4/G♯5; E3/B♮4; F♯3/C♯5.
R1: T; side E♭4/B♭5.
R2: T.
R3: T; side B♮3/F♯5.
R4: F3/C5; G♯3/E♭5.
Keyhead type: modern.
Keymount type: screwed-in pillars with push pins.
Inscribed on body with flower / "BREVETÉ" / crown / STENGEL / BAYREUTH / flower / (intertwined initials) JS"
Playing accessories: a reed and cord.
(Heike Fricke, 2014)
Artwork Details
- Title: Piccolo Clarinet in A-flat
- Maker: Johann Samuel Stengel (German, fl. 1805–1902)
- Date: ca. 1850–60
- Geography: Bayreuth, Germany
- Culture: German
- Medium: Boxwood, brass
- Dimensions: Length: 34.9 cm (13 3/4 in.) Diameter of bell: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
- Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
- Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
- Object Number: 89.4.2174
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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