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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Stained boxwood with ivory ferrules and german silver keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Both L3 and R1 F₄/C₆keys. Right thumb F♯₃/C♯₅. Shaped thumb rest. Straight speaker. End pivoted F₃/C₅. 16keys, 4rings. L0: T; speaker. L1: T + ring + vent; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T + ring + vent. L3: T. E♭₄/B♭₅; alternative side F₄/C₆. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; alternative lever for G♯₃/E♭₅. R0: alternative lever for F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + 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: shallow cups. Repair History: Bell was not original; fitted in 2005 with a replacement Golde bell.
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Circa 1860 - Maker:
Golde, Carl Theodor [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Dresden/Saxony/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:579
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17798