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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Stained boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Upper section strengthened with german silver ferrule and pinned with brass pins. Brass tube in thumb-hole. 14keys, 2rings, 4brass rollers. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T; cross F₄/C₆. L3: T; cross 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 + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: saddles, pillars on plate. Keyhead type: shallow cup.
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Circa 1850 - Maker:
Kayser, Heinrich Friedrich - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Hamburg/Germany - 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:527 to tenon of upper section.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14775