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Technical description: silver; 3 sections (body in one piece); oval embouchure-hole with raised lip-plate; Boehm-style foot mechanism arrangement.; Nominal pitch: C.; Type or system: Carte 1867 system.; Keyhead type: shallow cylinder cup.; Keymount type: rod/pillar, with needle springs except for L0 keys (leaf).; L0: @I{B; B♭.L1: @I{C.L2: @I{A.L3: @I{G♯.L4: @I{G.R1: @I{PL-F♯; PL-F; D trill; D♯ trill.R2: @I{E.R3: @I{D; F.R4: @I{D♯; low C♯; low C roller.; Usable pitch: A₄ c|447|Hz|-|c|463|Hz.; Performance characteristics: [original range C₄|-|D₇]; only right hand notes speak in present condition.
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1878 - Maker:
Rudall, 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 in script "Rudall Carte|&|Co., / 23|Berners Street / Oxford Street / London. / 1867 Patent."; on back of upper body socket "A.R.M."; hand-written in black pen inside case cover "T.H.|THOMAS / ST.|LEVAN / LOOSE, MAIDSTONE / KENT.".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 639.; Sounding length: 578.; Bore: cylindrical.