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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.
Technical description: Dark varnished 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. Straight speaker with correspondence to speaker hole at front. Brass chimney. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. L4 levers extendable. Integral wooden thumb rest. All keys mounted in blocks. 12keys. 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. R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, swelling. Keyhead type: flat round. Repair History: The barrel is a replacement.
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Circa 1840 - Maker:
Mollenhauer [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Fulda - 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:608
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16581