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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Mouthpiece of dark wood with long tenon and short table; grooved for cord; unstamped but contemporary. Barrel high-waisted. Upper section: Speaker liner extends c4mm into bore. All blocks strengthened with brass pins. Lower section: Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling.Wide parabolic ferrule, no thumbrest.Bell discontinuous. 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: flat square. Repair History: Top ferrule of barrel has been replaced by another one of wrong type (from the lower section of a three-section clarinet) and c3mm too wide, so that the mouthpiece cannot be pushed fully home. Mouthpiece tenon tight leaving little room for adequate lapping.
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Circa 1820 - Maker:
Blackman [Person] - 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:595; 539 to top of barrel; bell rim overall 73.5.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14590