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Bass clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules, crook, bell, and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, upturned bell. Original named black plastic mouthpiece. Two speakers, one with chimney on crook. All tone-holes covered. Thumb hole with a hinge key. Device for a music card holder. 15keys, 7covered tone-holes. L0: Plate; speaker 1 + 2. L1: Plate; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: Plate. L3: Plate; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: Plate; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: Plate + spectacle. R3: Plate + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Repair History: In a very good playing condition.
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Circa 1890 - Maker:
Godfrey - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - 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:875
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17681