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Bass clarinet
Bass clarinet in B flat, two parallel wooden tubes united by a brass U tube, with brass bell and crook. 20 brass keys (all holes covered) of modern design mounted on pillars and rod-axles. Only the two speakers are simple levers. Dark brown wooden mouthpiece, probably original. Lyre-shaped holder for music card attached to bell.
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1830-1855 - Maker:
Widemann - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
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- Materials:leather, vegetable fibre, cork, metal, copper alloy, ebonite, wood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 27.1654 x 6.1024 x 10.8268 in.; 690 x 155 x 275 mm