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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Brass tube in thumb-hole. Adjustable thumb rest. Flat rings mounted with pillars which are screwed into the wood in opposite to the other keywork which is mounted on oval plates. 12keys, 2rings. 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 + ring + vent. R3: T + ring; cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: pillars and plates. Keyhead type: shallow cups.
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Circa 1840 - Maker:
Piatet et Benoit [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Lyon/France - 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:592
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18186