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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Cocus wood mouthpiece grooved for cord. Barrel featured with a screw to fix the tuning slide between barrel and upper section. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. The two L4 levers are mounted in a brass saddle and marked "WOOD'S PATENT", overlapping touchpieces. Side B₃/F♯₅key mounted between pillars on a plate. 7keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; trill key for throat A-B♮. R2: T. R3: T; side B₃/F♯₅, R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, swelling, saddle, pillars on plate. Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: The mouthpiece is a replacement.
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Circa 1825 - Maker:
Jas. Wood & Son - 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:527, 589 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14865