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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Blackwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Cocus wood mouthpiece grooved for cord. C♯₄/G♯₅key mounted in central wood ring. Integral wooden thumb rest. Very wide discontinuous bell. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. 6keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T. G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: turned wooden rings, swelling. Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: A long crack has been glued. The mouthpiece is a replacement.
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1825-1850 - Maker:
Thaulow, A - 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:598
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16681