This clarinet in A (la) is a reproduction of a Londoner maker Thomas Key, original of which is housed in the Bate collection of Oxford University.

The A (la) clarinet was the instrument Mozart originally had in mind when Mozart  wrote the famous Clarinet Concerto K. 488 in A major. It is  for any music by Mozart, early Beethoven, Haydn, the Stamitz family and other composers of the 18th-century, where the extended range of basset-clarinet is not need.

This 5-key clarinet has a speaker key, throat A key,  Ab/Eb key, F#/C# key, E/B key and an added sixth throat trill key. It is tuned in A=440 Hz but can be played with change of barrel in A=430 Hz. 

This clarinet comes with 2 barrels, case, extra set of pads, extra reed mouthpiece, cap and ligature, cleaning cloth, carrying belt which can be hooked to the thumb rest and a fingering chart.. 

The body is made of Indian Cocobolo wood with imitation Ivory protection rings. 


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5-key Clarinet in A (La) Classical for 18th-Century Music - After Thomas Key

  • Product Code: PC-A200
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  • $450.00


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