Clarinet in A
Catalogue number: 4.12
Original name: Clarinet in A.
Type or system: Boehm system.
Maker: Martin Frères
Place of origin: Paris, c.1900 - 1927.
Place of origin: Paris, c.1900 - 1927.
Overall size: 523mm.
Technical description: Three sections (barrel missing) of blackwood with Modern style German silver keywork, German silver ferrules. It is possible that this instrument and 4.9 were a pair.
Inscription: Stamped on the upper joint: “[bee monogram] / MARTIN Fres / A PARIS / [MF monogram]”; stamped on bell: “[motif: bee monogram] / MARTIN Fres / A PARIS / [MF monogram] / [row of five medals incorporating “MF”, the middle one inscribed “PARIS / 1889 / 1900”] / GRAND PRIX”.
Faults: Barrel missing.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 460Hz.