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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.
Technical description: Rosewood with ivory ferrules and german silver keywork. Four pieces: mouthpiece, upper section with integral barrel, lower section, bell. Original mouthpiece grooved for cord. Very delicate keywork. Curved speaker with chimney on front of the instrument. All keys on rods running parallel to the body. Ivory thumb rest. Wide ivory bell rim. 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 E♭₄/B♭₅; 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: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern.
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1843-1888 - Maker:
Pfaff - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Philadelphia/Pennsylvania/United States of America - 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:703 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17335