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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: 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. Barrel waisted to receive a long tenon. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Keys with bevelled disc covers. All tone-hole under covers lined with brass: James Wood's patent. Side trill key mounted on a saddle. Zig-zag G♯₃/E♭₅. Now 6keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; trill key for throat A-B♮. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, swelling, saddle. Keyhead type: patent flat brass-to-brass. Repair History: The speaker is a replacement.
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Circa 1811 - Maker:
Goulding - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - 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:591
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18181