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Clarinet

'Trompet' or 'terompet' (Indonesian and Javanese). Toy horn-shaped single reed instrument. A rectangular piece of cream coloured card, with a landscape image either painted or printed on the inside surface has been rolled into a cone, held together with red paper tape, and trimmed to straighten the tip and rim. A bamboo or cane tube has been inserted into the top. This has been cut to an oblique angle at the proximal end. A slit has been cut into the lower edge of the rim and a piece of paper, black on top and white beneath, inserted. This covers the oblique opening to form a beating reed.

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  • Materials:cane/rattan, paper
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.212 (Single) clarinets with conical bore
  • Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Measurements:overall: 132 x 60 x 35 mm