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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell.Mouthpiece contemporary, with long tenon and short table; grooved with 11grooves for cord. Length: 94.8mm; table 41.7mm; aperture 29.4mm.Barrel waisted; two ivory ferrules.Upper section: speaker liner projects almost to the middle of the bore. All blocks strengthened with pins.Middle section: wide ivory ferrule, no thumbrest.Lower section: levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Swelling pinned for strength.Bell discontinuous.Tone-holes under keys lined with metal (Wood's patent of 1800). L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA?. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E?/B??; zig-zag F??/C??. R1: T; trill key for throatA-B?. R2: T;, R3: T. R4: T; G??/E??. Keymount type: blocks; swelling. Keyhead type: round flat.Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell.Mouthpiece contemporary, with long tenon and short table; grooved with 11grooves for cord. Length: 94.8mm; table 41.7mm; aperture 29.4mm.Barrel waisted; two ivory ferrules.Upper section: speaker liner projects almost to the middle of the bore. All blocks strengthened with pins.Middle section: wide ivory ferrule, no thumbrest.Lower section: levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Swelling pinned for strength.Bell discontinuous.Tone-holes under keys lined with metal (Wood's patent of 1800). L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; trill key for throatA-B♮. R2: T;, R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks; swelling. Keyhead type: round flat.
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Circa 1830 - Maker:
Barfoot, Charles Smith [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Blandford - 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:600; 537 to top of barrel.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14594