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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Boxwood with horn ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Raised tone-hole for F₃/C₅. Additional L4 lever for G♯₃/E♭₅. Brass thumb rest. Was 13keys, now 12keys. 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; 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 with push pins. Keyhead type: shallow cup. Repair History: The mouthpiece is a replacement. The brass-mounted barrel is a replacement. The bell is a replacement.
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Circa 1850 - Maker:
Nechwalsky, A - 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:both sections with tenons 389, with replacement barrel, mouthpiece and bell 576.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15420