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Bass clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Cocus wood with german silver crook, ferrules, and keywork. Probably original unnamed cocus wood mouthpiece with a german silver mount grooved for cord. Crook with a device for a music card holder. Straight speaker with a small chimney. Key to cover the thumb-hole end-pivoted from below. L1/L2 spectacle on upper section operating a vent just over L1. L3, R1 and R3 tone-holes covered. Ring on R2. Additional L4lever for G♯₃/E♭₅. Shaped thumb rest, sling ring. Very wide wooden bell. 14keys, 2rings, 4covered tone-holes. L0: Plate; speaker. L1: T + ring; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T + ring. L3: Plate; side F₄/ C₆; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. R1: Plate; side F₄/ C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T + ring. R3: Plate; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars with push pins. Keyhead type: shallow cups. Repair History: Seems to have been varnished and has since decoloured.
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Circa 1840-1860 - Maker:
Stengel - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Bayreuth/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:1060
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16560