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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: D.
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. Original ebony mouthpiece grooved for cord. All cross keys in blocks. C♯₄/G♯₅ and side F₄/C₆ mounted in saddles. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. 12keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T; cross B♮₃/F♯₅. R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, swelling, saddles. Keyhead type: flat square.
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Circa 1830 - Maker:
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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:454, 523 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18023