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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory and brass ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Brass tube in thumb-hole. Cocus wood mouthpiece grooved for cord. Side R1 F₄/C₆ also for L2. Cross L3 E♭₄/B♭₅ also for R1. End pivoted F₃/C₅. Pinned for strength. Integral wooden bell rim. Shaped thumb rest. 15keys, 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 E♭₄/B♭₅; side F₄/C₆; 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: saddles with screws, pillars on plate. Keyhead type: salt spoon. Repair History: Instrument covered with clear varnish. Parts cannot be separated, because they are glued. Restored.
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1833-1883 - Maker:
Kayser, Heinrich Friedrich [Person] - 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:505; 577 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14750