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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Brass body and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Instrument unfinished. Most tone holes not drilled out. Several keys missing. Only 5 keys or part keys fitted. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: (E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅, levers missing). R1: T; trill key for throatA-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: metal saddles. Keyhead type: saltspoon and modern. Repair History: Conservation treatment of metal surface by Scottish Museums Council, 1989.
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Mid 19th Century - Maker:
Possibly Thomas Glen - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Probably Edinburgh - 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:593 to top of barrel/upper section.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16585