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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and silver keys. Six pieces: mouthpiece (blackwood, probably original), barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell . Mouthpiece with long tenon. Upper section: two keyrings of rectangular profile. Speaker liner projects into bore. Middle section with a wide swelling ivory ferrule; no thumbrest. Lower section: levers mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Keyring for E/B? parabolic. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA?. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E?/B??; zig-zag F??/C??. R1: T; trill key for throatA-B?. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T; G??/E??. Keymount type: blocks; swelling; SATK. Keyhead type: flat, square.Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and silver keys. Six pieces: mouthpiece (blackwood, probably original), barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell . Mouthpiece with long tenon. Upper section: two keyrings of rectangular profile. Speaker liner projects into bore. Middle section with a wide swelling ivory ferrule; no thumbrest. Lower section: levers mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Keyring for E/B♮ parabolic. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; zig-zag F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; trill key for throatA-B♮. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks; swelling; SATK. Keyhead type: flat, square.
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Circa 1800 - Maker:
Miller, George [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - 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:710; 641 to top of barrel.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18197