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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Additional F₄/C₆ lever for L3. Additional G♯₃/E♭₅ lever for L4. End pivoted F₃/C₅. All tone-holes under keys lined with brass, most keys in blocks guided with brass. Integral wooden thumb rest, integral wooden bell rim. 15keys, 4brass rollers. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅; side F₄/C₆. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T. R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks. Keyhead type: shallow cup. Repair History: Brass ferrule on bell is presumably a replacement for an ivory one.
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Circa 1840-1860 - Maker:
Horak - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Prague/Czech Republic - 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:555 to top tenon of upper section.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15720