COLLECTION NAME:
MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh)
Record
Work Record ID:
0034154
ID Number:
2622
Title:
Clarinet, nominal pitch: C
Title Notes:
Schaffner system.
Creator:
Maino & Orsi
Date:
Circa 1890
Description:
Technical description: Schaffner system; patented by Carlo Thomaso Giorgi. An attempt to open the whole of one wall of the bore below the length needed for each note. Ebonite, body in one piece, with nearly circular bore but of rectangular section externally, the upper side closed by a metal plate with twenty rectangular holes having raised edges to provide seatings for the key-flaps; keys of german silver, rectangular (width 17.9mm, lengths various and following no simple formula) having curved projections hinged to brackets on either side of the flat cover plate of the bore. The lower nine key flaps are closed by the fingers and the right thumb, the next ten by steel push-rods, of which there are five on the right side and seven on the left side of the instrument; the top key is normally closed, being a cross-the-break trill key operated by a lever under L2; the thumb `rest' is pivoted and controls the lowest key via a short push-rod on the left side of the body. The bell is integral and only slightly flared, with half-round german silver rim; there is no separate barrel, but the body has a socket at the top with a built-up ribbed ferrule. There are two spring-loaded speaker keys hinged to a single pivot, they are opened by a two-way push-rod moved by the phalange of the left thumb; their liners project to the centre of the bore. L0: @I{Phalange rests on a rocking `crutch' opening one or the other of two spring-loaded speakers. L1: @I{Pad rests on a bridge-lever closing key|12 by direct pressure and keys|1-11 by push-rods, 4|on right side, 3|on left; phalange rests on a lever closing keys|2-8 through push-rod on the left. L2: @I{Pad closes key|13 directly. L3: @I{Pad closes key|14 directly and key|2 via a push-rod on left side; phalange rests on a separate lever to open key|1 via push-rod on left. L4: @I{Pad closes key|15 directly, also key|3 via a push-rod on left side. R0: @I{Closes key|20 via a short push-rod on left side. R1: @I{Closes key|16 directly, also keys|4 and|9 via push-rods on right. R2: @I{Closes key|17 directly, also keys|5 and|10 via push-rods on right. R3: @I{Closes key|18 directly, also keys|4, 6 and|11 via push-rods on right. R4: @I{Closes key|19 by pressure on a hinged touch, also key|7 via push-rod on right side. Repair History: The pivoted `rest' for R0 may be a later modification: three screw-holes about 10mm above this thumb `key' suggest that there was once a fixed thumb rest, but it may originally have been hinged to a fixed plate; there are signs of alteration but it is hard to see how else the lowest key could have been closed.
Measurement:
632; to top of body 560.
Measurement:
top of body 14.8; at top of key 20, 15.2.Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 30.3.
Production Place:
Milan
Production Place:
Europe
Production Place:
Italy
Production Place:
Southern Europe
Repository:
MIMEd
Repository:
Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection
Repro Link ID:
0034154d-0008
Repro File Type:
Derivative JPEG
Repro Title:
Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C (Maino & Orsi) : DETAIL
Repro Creator Name:
Raymond Parks
Repro Description:
Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C (Maino & Orsi) : DETAIL
Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
Repro Publication Status:
Full public access
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