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Double clarinet.

Technical description: Bamboo pipes bound with twine; mouthpieces with up-cut reeds; 4 finger-holes on each pipe, roughly made; the whole instrument of inferior craftsmanship. Body length: 135. Mouthpiece lengths: 48.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.221.2-5
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:185 (223 with reed fitted).