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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.
Technical description: Dark stained boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Cocus mouthpiece grooved for cord. All keys mounted in blocks except G♯₃/E♭₅, which is mounted between screwed in pillars. Duplicate levers for G♯₃/E♭₅ and F₄/C₆. Levers in wooden blocks guided with brass. Raised F₃/C₅ tone-hole. Screwed in ivory thumb rest. Wide ivory rim. 14keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅; F₄/C₆. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. R1: T; 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: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Repair History: The E♭₄/B♭₅key forL3 repaired, the upper ivory ring of bell replaced by a horn one. Crack in upper section pinned.
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Circa 1830 - Maker:
Uhlmann - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Vienna/Austria - 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:579, 641 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15232