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Alto saxophone. Nominal pitch: E♭.
Technical description: Silver-plated keys. Curved body and crook (silver-plated brass); thread lapping for mouthpiece; wooden mouthpiece with silver-plated brass ligature. Box and screw for music card-holder.Lowest note is written B₃. No rollers. F₆ touchpiece operated by second joint of L2 rather than L1. L0: Two simple octave keys; upper key, on crook, is attached to lower touchpiece by a 'crocodile' clip at the end of the touchpiece which fastens to a circular ring at the end of the keyhead lever. L1: B₄; D₆; E♭₆. L2: A₄; F₆. L3: G₄. L4: G♯₄; C♯₄; B₃. R1: F₄; side B♭₄; E₆. R2: E₄. R3: D₄. R4: E♭₄; C₄. Keymount type: pillars mounted on plates. Keyhead type: modern.
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Circa 1880 - Maker:
Couturier, M. - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Paris/France - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.212 (Single) clarinets with conical bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.212 (Single) clarinets with conical bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:660; bell diameter 113.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15922