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Bass clarinet. Nominal pitch: B?.
Technical description: Stained boxwood with brass crook, bell, ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, upturned bell. Original named wooden mouthpiece. Two speaker keys. Plate for L0, L1, L3, and R3. Tone-holes under RH rings lined with brass. Shaped thumb rest. Sling ring. 13keys, 4plates, 2rings. L0: Plate; speaker 1-2. L1: Plate; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: Plate; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅. R2: T + spectacle. R3: Plate + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: salt spoon. Repair History: Restored 1999 by Mark Withers for use. L4keys were missing, now replaced. The mouthpiece is a replacement.
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Circa 1840 - Maker:
Buffet jeune - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Paris/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:920
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15128