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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.
Technical description: Boxwood with horn ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Cocus mouthpiece not grooved for cord. Turned guide lines in upper rings. Extendable L4 levers, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Bevelled G♯₃/E♭₅. Integral wooden thumb rest. Integral wooden bell rim. C♯₄/G♯₅key might be added later: round flat cover, brass mount. 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, saddle. Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: C♯₄/G♯₅key possibly added later. Barrel a replacement.
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Circa 1820 - Maker:
Doke - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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probably Linz, 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:611, 677 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14767