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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Boxwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Cocus wood mouthpiece grooved for cord. Curved speaker with chimney on the left side of the instrument. Thumb-hole lined with german silver. 13 keys, 2 rings. 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 trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars with pins. Keyhead type: shallow cup. Repair History: Pinned crack in barrel.
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Circa 1850 - Maker:
Kruspe, Eduard - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Erfurt/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:646 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16141