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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Boxwood with horn ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Very individual keywork. Throat Akey crossing throat A♭. Additional R0 thumb lever for G♯3/E♭₅. Alternative touchpiece for R0 to F♯₃/C♯₅ lever. 15keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R0: additional G♯3/E♭₅; alternative touchpiece F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T. R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: rudiments of turned wooden rings, blocks. Keyhead type: flat round.
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Circa 1812 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Probably 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:611
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17491