Clarinet in A
Probably by Louis Auguste Giboreau Belgian
Not on view
Technical description:
Stained boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Blackwood mouthpiece grooved for cord. Reed cut down to fit the mouthpiece with label "French-American / POPULAIRE / TRADE MARK" and on back "Populaire" / No. 4 MED.[IUM] HARD". Curved speaker with chimney on front of the instrument. End-pivoted F3/C5 hinge-key. Big finger holes. Guidance pin for F♯3/C♯5 lever.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭.
L2: T.
L3: T; E♭4/B♭5.
L4: C♯4/G♯5; E3/B♮4; F♯3/C♯5.
R1: T; side F4/ C6; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C.
R2: T.
R3: T; B♭3/F♮5; side B♮3/F♯5
R4: F3/C5; G♯3/E♭5.
Keyhead type: saltspoon
Keymount type: screwed in pillars
Inscribed on all pieces "Giboreau à Liège" in an oval cartouche. On barrel and bell also a five petalled flower.
Playing accessories: One reed (not original) and a black string.
(Heike Fricke, 2014)
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