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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, and bell. Curved speaker with chimney on the front of the instrument. 3rings on upper section with vents just beneath L1 and L2. German silver tube in thumb-hole. Additional L4 lever for G♯₃/E♭₅. Alternative touchpiece for C♯₄/G♯₅. Csharp mechanism. 14keys, 5rings, and 4black rollers. L0: T; speaker. L1: T + ring; throat A♮ ; throat A♭. L2: T + ring. L3: T + ring; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; additional lever for G♯₃/E♭₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill; alternative C♯₄/G♯₅ touchpiece. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F₅, R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Repair History: Some soldering.
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Circa 1880 - Maker:
Berteling - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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New York/United States of America - 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:601
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16042