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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Instrument seems to be inspired by the Boehm system in using its R4keys, but still a basic Müller type. Brass tube in thumb-hole. 16keys, 5rings. L0: T; speaker. L1: T + ring + vent; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T + ring + vent. L3: T + ring correspondence; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; alternative lever for F₃/C♮₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C; side trill key for throat G*Sharp-A or C₆-D₆. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle; B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; E₃/B♮₄; F₃/C♮₅; F♯₃/C♯₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: shallow cups.
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Circa 1850 - Maker:
Simiot & Brelet [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Lyon/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:584
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17596