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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.
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 for a mouthpiece with a long tenon. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Originally 6-key but adapted for a player lacking left thumb. Key for that hole and extended speaker for R0. 7keys. L0: , L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R0: thumb-hole key; speaker. R1: T; trill key for throat A-B♮. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, swelling, saddles. Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: Top ferrule of upper section replaced by a brass one. New ivory ferrule on middle section. Two additional keys.
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1808-1823 - Maker:
Gerock - 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:532
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14920