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Clarinet
Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B flat. Boxwood with ebony mouthpiece, brass keys and ivory ferrules. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, left hand joint, right hand joint, lower joint, bell. Six keys, block mounted with square flat flaps and leather pads. One block mount is round/full, the others are turned away. String lapped tenons. No inscriptions.
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circa 1820 - Maker:
- Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
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- Materials:string, leather, ebony, copper alloy, ivory, boxwood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 670 x 72 x 72 mm