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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell.Mouthpiece: dark wood; socket type with ivory ferrule and eleven grooves for the cord.Barrel waisted; tenon for the mouthpiece, wide flat ivory ferrule, because barrel contains brass tuning slide.Upper section: top ornamented with a groove; speaker liner projects into centre of bore.Lower section: Wood's Patent (1819) linkage on L4 E₃/B♮₄ and F♯₃/C♯₅ keys to ease sliding between them. These keys in saddles. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Wide ivory ferrule, no thumbrest. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: Wood's patent E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; trill key for throatA-B♮. R2: T;, R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, saddles, swelling. Keyhead type: flat square.

  • Measurements:583 to damaged top of mouthpiece; 528 to tenon of barrel.