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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Cocus wood with chased silver keywork and ferrules. Five pieces: mouthpiece [ebonite], barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Keywork has Belgian silver hallmarks. Sax type with alternative B♭ for R1 and rollers on E♭ and C for R4, and C♯ and B for L4 touchpieces. No patent Csharp. Hinged C key. G hole in middle section tenon. Tuning slide in lower barrel socket. Chimney. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA♮. L2: T; throatA♭. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; alternative side E₃/B♮₄; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throatA-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅ . R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Repair History: Mouthpiece a replacement.
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Circa 1863 - Maker:
Albert, E - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Brussels/Belgium - 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:642; 576 to top of barrel.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16219