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Bass clarinet
Bass clarinet made in four sections: silver-plated crook and bell, and ebony body joints with nickel-silver ferrules and keywork. It has twenty cylinder-cup keys, mounted in posts with rods, with flat and needle springs attached to keys and posts, red felt and cork paddings, and red leather pads. The fingerhole keys are of closed system. It has an ebonite mouthpiece with silver-plated ligature and cap.
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1875–1929 - Maker:
J. H. Zimmermann [Corporation] - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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Saint Petersburg (Timezone: Europe/Moscow) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on both body joints: JUL. HEINR. / ZIMMERMANN / St. PETERSBURG|Stamped on mouthpiece: H Sims & Co / Dublin
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Height: 908mm; Bell diameter: 143mm