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Piccolo clarinet. Nominal pitch: A♭.
Technical description: Cocus wood with german silver ferrules and keywork. One section, bell and mouthpiece (metal-lined blackwood, not original). Standard Boehm system with L2 ring replaced by a plate. Fitting on bell for music card holder. L0: T + ring F₄/C♮₆; speaker. L1: T + ring F♯₄; throatA♮; throatA♭. L2: T + E♭₄/B♭₅ corresponding touchpiece (plate). L3: T; cross E♭₄/ B♭₅, L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T + ring; B♭ via correspondence; trills 1-2-3;, R2: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅; B♭ via correspondence, R3: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅; B♭ via correspondence; cross B♮₃/F♯₅, R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅; E₃/B♮₄; F₃/C♮₅; F♯₃/C♯₅. Keymount type: pillars. Keyhead type: round saltspoon keyheads. Repair History: Pitch of instrument has been changed. Mouthpiece and tone-holes modified.
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Circa 1875 - Maker:
A. Buffet jeune - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Paris/France - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:352; 309 to top of body.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15804