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Octavin
Octavin. Rosewood with african blackwood (grenadilla) mouthpiece, nickel silver butt cap and ligature and nickel silver plated bell. Keys are pillar mounted with leather pads. Brille key and automatic octave keys. The three lowest keys are operated by the lower part of the left thumb. Conical bore. Configured as a double joint or butt with forward pointing bell. End cap bears a large metal ring.
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Western Europe - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.212 (Single) clarinets with conical bore
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- Materials:cork, steel, leather, nickel silver-plating, copper alloy, african blackwood, rosewood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.212 (Single) clarinets with conical bore
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 470 x 95 x 95 mm