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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: One piece body. Extraordinary design and delicate keywork. Second wooden ring recessed for thumb. Ivory tube in thumb-hole. Throat A♭ touchpiece over throat A. C♯₄/G♯₅key operating in turned wooden ring. Integral wooden thumb rest. 8keys, whole instrument presumably 11keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: T; 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. R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: [T; G♯₃/E♭₅.], Keymount type: turned wooden rings and blocks. Keyhead type: flat square.
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Circa 1840 - Maker:
Larshof - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Copenhagen/Denmark - 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:322
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15595