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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Rosewood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Keywork mounted in wooden blocks. Levers for L4 and keys for R4 mounted in rudimental bell-shaped swelling. Key for F₃/C₅ end-pivoted from below. Additional thumb G♯₃/E♭₅. 15keys, no rings. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T; throat A♭. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R0: additional thumb G♯₃/E♭₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T; alternative cross B♮₃/F♯₅. R3: T; cross B♭₃/F♮₅; alternative side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: wooden blocks, Keyhead type: salt spoon Repair History: Mouthpiece and ligature probably not original.
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1820-1860 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Great Britain - 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:606
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15498