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Quinticlave.
Technical description: Brass; bell without gusset, with French rim. Looped crook without tuning-slide. Straight pillar to support instrument on left hand but no pillar for right hand; ring for neck strap. SATK.; Nominal pitch: E♭.; Type or system: 9 keys.; Keyhead type: round, slightly cupped.; Keymount type: pillars on plates with channels for springs.; L0: @I{F.L1: @I{D.L2: @I{E.L3: @I{F♯.R0: @I{G.R1: @I{C♯.R2: @I{C.R3: @I{A♯.R4: @I{G♯.; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A₄=|446|Hz.
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Circa 1840 - Maker:
Halari. - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Paris. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.213-71 Labrosones with fingerholes and with keys, with (wider) conical bore
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- Inscriptions:Bell stamped with poinçon, below which "II", and near rim "HALARI A PARIS" (the inscriptions to be read with bell up).
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.213-71 Labrosones with fingerholes and with keys, with (wider) conical bore
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 910; bell 162.; Sounding length: 2116 (all keys closed).; Bore: crook at c|10mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 12.15; crook from 657 - 738mm from mouthpiece receiver (tenon), 26.5; at 1058mm from bell end, c|42.7; at c|459mm from bell end, 60.35.B|=|0.35 (all keys closed).Dia of mouthpiece receiver: 12.0 at end, expanding in 10mm to 12.15.