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Clarinet
Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B flat. Boxwood with brass keys and ferrules. Five pieces: mouthpiece (missing), barrel (missing), left hand joint, integral right hand/lower joint, bell. Thirteen keys, pillar mounted with circular domed cups and a combination of leather and fish skin pads. The letter B is stamped between the first and second tone holes on the left and right hand joints.
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1825-1875 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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France - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
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- Materials:string, cork, fish skin, leather, steel, copper alloy, 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: 530 x 70 x 70 mm