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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Barrel waisted. Upper section: speaker liner projects into bore; cross key for E??/B?? mounted on the right side (from player's view). Lower section: no thumbrest; levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA?. L2: T. L3: T; E??/B??, L4: cross C??/G??; E?/B??; zig-zag F??/C??. R1: T; trill key for throatA-B?. R2: T; cross B??/F??, R3: T. R4: T; G??/E??. Keymount type: blocks, swelling, Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: Upper section cracked and pinned; bell rim possibly a replacement. The inscribed numbering of the sections suggests a composite instrument made from parts of two instruments, possibly from a set of numbered instruments.Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Barrel waisted. Upper section: speaker liner projects into bore; cross key for E♭₄/B♭₅ mounted on the right side (from player's view). Lower section: no thumbrest; levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA♮. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅, L4: cross C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; trill key for throatA-B♮. R2: T; cross B♮₃/F♯₅, R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, swelling, Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: Upper section cracked and pinned; bell rim possibly a replacement. The inscribed numbering of the sections suggests a composite instrument made from parts of two instruments, possibly from a set of numbered instruments.
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Circa 1815 - Maker:
Key, Thomas - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - 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:528 to top of barrel.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17537