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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Dark wood with engraved silver ferrules and silver keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell.Barrel rather flask-shaped.The upper section body is recessed at the position of the speaker key; the liner of the speaker key-hole projects c4mm into the bore. Side F₄/C₆ and B♮₃/F♯₅ are mounted in saddles.The lower section has an ivory peg for a thumbrest; the body below it is recessed to fit the thumb. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling.Bell nearly conical, with ivory ferrules beneath the thinner outer ferrules of silver.All tone-holes under keys lined with brass. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA♮; throatA♭. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; trill key for throatA-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T; alternative cross B♮₃/F♯₅. R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, saddles, swelling. Keyhead type: saltspoon. Repair History: Blocks for C♯/G♯ key replaced by brass brackets. The barrel has been extended by 18.5mm with a wooden ring which itself has an ornamented silver ferrule (possibly to convert a tenon-type barrel into a socket type), bored for a long-tenon mouthpiece. Cracks pinned.
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Circa 1825 - Maker:
Dollard, J - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Dublin/Republic of Ireland - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:594 to top of barrel; bell rim overall 69.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17886