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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.
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. Boxwood tenon type contemporary unstamped mouthpiece, grooved for cord, may be original. All keys in blocks, cross keys with round touchpieces. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. 8keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T; B♮₃/F♯₅. R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, swelling. Keyhead type: flat round.
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Circa 1830 - Maker:
Metzler - Collection:
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:581, 526 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15585