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Clavicor. Nominal pitch: E♭ / D♭.
Technical description: Brass. Tall upright wrap; valves separated in two clusters; bell section detachable by screwed joint. Music card-holder. With crooks (a) quarter coil for E♭, (b) one and three-quarter coils for D♭; identical style and details of ferrules. L1: 3-semitone valve. R1: 2-semitone valve. R2: 1-semitone valve. Valve type: 3 Stölzel valves with spring inside hollow stem; alignment by guide pin screwed through casing and slot in stem, this pin also locating fixed end of spring. Repair History: Inner slide of crook (a) does not fit instrument and appears to be a replacement.
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Circa 1840 - Maker:
Jean - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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France - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.2-4 Valve horns with wider bore and with crooks
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2-4 Valve horns with wider bore and with crooks
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:860; bell 204.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14565