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Technical description: silver; 3 sections (body in one piece); raised, engraved embouchure-barrel; oval embouchure-hole; Boehm-style foot mechanism arrangement.; Nominal pitch: C.; Type or system: Carte 1851 system.; Keyhead type: shallow cylinder cup.; Keymount type: rod/pillar, with needle springs except for L0 keys and L4 F key (leaf springs).; L0: @I{B; B♭.L1: @I{C.L2: @I{A.L3: @I{G♯.L4: @I{G; F.R1: @I{PL-F♯.R2: @I{E.R3: @I{D; cross F.R4: @I{D♯; low C♯; low C roller. Performance characteristics: [original range C₄|-|D₇]; not playable in present condition (due to immovable position of head in relation to body).
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1852-57 - Maker:
Rudall, Rose, Carte & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12
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- Inscriptions:Engraved "COUNCIL & PRIZE MEDALS. / Rudall, Rose, Carte & Co. / Patentees, / 100, New Bond Street, / London. / Boehm's Parabola, / Carte's Mechanism." (all lower case inscription in script).
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 641.; Sounding length: 580.; Bore: cylindrical.